Enum inheriting from int

Question

I\'ve found this all over the place in this code:

public enum Blah: int
{
    blah = 0,
    blahblah = 1
}

Why would it need to inherit fro

Answer 1

You do not need to inherit as the base type of an Enum is by default, int.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sbbt4032(v=vs.71).aspx

base-type (Optional)
The underlying type that specifies the storage allocated for each enumerator. It can be one of the integral types except char. The default is int.