Reusing enum values in separate enum types

Question

Is there a way to reuse the same enum value in separate types? I\'d like to be able to something like the following:

enum DeviceState { UNKNOWN, ACTIVE, DISABLED         


        

Answer 1

You can, and should, include your enums in a namespace:

namespace DeviceState
{
    enum DeviceState{ UNKNOWN, ACTIVE, DISABLED, NOTPRESENT, UNPLUGGED };
}
namespace DeviceType
{
    enum DeviceType{ UNKNOWN, PLAYBACK, RECORDING };
}

//...

DeviceType::DeviceType x = DeviceType::UNKNOWN;