bad warning using negative value for enum with underlying type specified as signed short by Paul Rose

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Type:	Bug
ID:	712990
Opened:	12/10/2011 1:40:48 PM
Access Restriction:	Public
Moderator Decision:	Sent to Engineering Team for consideration

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c++11 feature of specifying underlying type for enum
when using "short" or "signed short" as underlying type you get warning C4341 "signed value is out of range for enum constant"

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compile this 3 line program: see unexpected warnings on lines 1 and 2
enum Test1 : short { eT1 = -1 }; // warning C4341:
enum Test2 : signed short { eT2 = -1 }; // warning C4341:
int main(){ return 0;}

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Windows 7

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c:\foo\foo.cpp(1): warning C4341: 'eT1' : signed value is out of range for enum constant
c:\foo\foo.cpp(2): warning C4341: 'eT2' : signed value is out of range for enum constant

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Posted by Microsoft on 12/13/2011 at 9:58 AM

Hi: this issue does not reproduce with a current compiler so it looks as if it has been addressed.

Thanks
Jonathan Caves
Visual C++ Compiler Team

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