[gpderetta]

FWIW, I extensively use strong enums in C++[1] for exactly this reason and they are a cheap simple way to add strongly typed ids.

[1] enum class from C++11, classic enums have too many implicit conversions to be of any use.

[TuxSH]

> classic enums have too many implicit conversions

They're fairly useful still (and since C++11 you can specify their underlying type), you can use them as namespaced macro definitions

Kinda hard to do "bitfield enums" with enum class

[gpderetta]

it is not really hard, you need to define the bitwise operators. It would be nice if they could be defaulted.

[TuxSH]

> classic enums have too many implicit conversions

They're fairly useful still (and since C++11 you can specify their underlying type), you can use them as namespaced macro definitions