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Question by mavenmare
Submitted on 11/15/2005
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Why doesn't my C compiler flag an error when I assign an enumeration value defined for Enum_Type2 to a global variable defined to be Enum_Type1 ? Example - "dat_defs.h" defines the 2 types: enum Enum_Type1 { Val1, Val2 }; enum Enum_Type2 { OtherVal1, OtherVal2 }; "globals.c": defines the variable used enum Enum_Type1 Gvar; "globals.h": extern header file extern enum Enum_Type1 Gvar; "program.c": #include "dat_defs.h" #include "globals.h" main() { Gvar = OtherVal1; // assigns other enum value }

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