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64bit Enums? C#


Is it possible to get an enum to hold 64bit values? I wrote the code below and got this compile error message.

enum EnumTest { a = 0x100000000 };

error CS0266: Cannot implicitly convert type 'long' to 'int'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)


Solution

  • Yes, you need to "derive" it from long.

    public enum MyEnum : long
    {
    }