Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> writes:
>> There's not really a point in using an enum if you use neither the type
>> (which you shouldn't because if you or the bitmask value you have types
>> outside the range of the enum), nor the autogenerated numbers.
> I do not think that there is such a constraint in C, you can use the enum
> bitfield type, so you should.
I think you are failing to understand Andres' point. If you're going
to OR together some bits, the result is no longer a member of the enum
type, and the advantages that an enum would have immediately turn into
disadvantages.
regards, tom lane