Enumerations
Enum.3
Prefer class enums over "plain" enums
Reason
To minimize surprises: traditional enums convert to int too readily.
Example
void Print_color(int color);
enum Web_color { red = 0xFF0000, green = 0x00FF00, blue = 0x0000FF };
enum Product_info { red = 0, purple = 1, blue = 2 };
Web_color webby = Web_color::blue;
// Clearly at least one of these calls is buggy.
Print_color(webby);
Print_color(Product_info::blue);
Instead use an enum class:
void Print_color(int color);
enum class Web_color { red = 0xFF0000, green = 0x00FF00, blue = 0x0000FF };
enum class Product_info { red = 0, purple = 1, blue = 2 };
Web_color webby = Web_color::blue;
Print_color(webby); // Error: cannot convert Web_color to int.
Print_color(Product_info::red); // Error: cannot convert Product_info to int.
Enforcement
(Simple) Warn on any non-class enum definition.