[Pnet-developers] [bugs #11419] Bad error message: Enum needs to be derived from ValueType, IComparable, IConvertible, IFormattable

[James Michael DuPont]

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[bugs #11419] Full Item Snapshot:

URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=11419>
Project: DotGNU Portable.NET
Submitted by: James Michael DuPont
On: Tue 12/28/2004 at 17:39

Category:  None
Severity:  5 - Average
Item Group:  None
Resolution:  None
Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None
Status:  Open


Summary:  Bad error message: Enum needs to be derived from ValueType, 
IComparable, IConvertible, IFormattable

Original Submission:  cscc /nowarn:649 /nowarn:169 -d:INSIDE_CORLIB  -d:NET_1_1 
-d:ONLY_1_1 -g /noconfig /unsafe /nostdlib /target:library ../../testcase3.c
produces the error :
../../testcase3.cs:19: enumerated value is not constant
When trying to set the value of an enum.
the error is misleading.
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namespace System
{
        public class Object
        {
        }
        public class ValueType
        {
        }
        public interface  IComparable   {       }
        public interface  IConvertible  {       }
        public interface  IFormattable  {       }
        public abstract class Enum// : ValueType, IComparable, IConvertible, 
IFormattable
        {
        }
        public enum AttributeTargetstest
        {       
                test,
                test2=0x000032, //../../testcase3.cs:19: enumerated value is 
not constant
                All
        }       
}











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