What's the proper way to share an enum across multiple files?

Question

I would like to use the same enum in both the client and server parts of my current (C++) project, but am unsure of the proper way to do this. I could easily just write the enu

Answer 1

Putting it in a header file seems reasonable, and wrapping it in a namespace can be useful too. Something i find myself doing with enums is

contents of whatevsenum.hpp:

namespace whatevs
{
    enum Enum
    {
        FOO = 0,
        BAR,
        BLARGH,
        MEH,
        SIZE
    };
} // namespace whatevs

and then whenever i need to use it in a header/source file elsewhere:

#include "whatevsenum.hpp"

void do_something_with(whatevs::Enum value)
{
    // do stuff
}

...

do_something_with(whatevs::FOO);