[Ace-users] [tao-users] tao_idl and enum

[Sowayan, Abdullah (N-DUA)]

Hi,

> I am using TAO1.5 and when i compile a IDL file containing following
> enumeration
> 
> enum test{false=0,true=1};
> 
> it throws error saying "Illegal syntax following enum body statement"
> 
> but i remove explicit assignment in enum like
> 
> enum test{false,true};
> 
> this works properly
> 
> Any idea why the first syntax is not allowed?

Yes, because it is not legal IDL ;-) You can not assign a value to an
enum, because not all programming languages allow that (IDL is mapped to
a programming language construct after all).

For these sorts of questions, I would suggest you refer to a good CORBA
book. I would suggest "Advanced CORBA programming with C++"

Abdul