Decreasing a value in a C # or VB.NET enumeration

Question

More interest than a real need ... is it possible to have an automatically decreasing enum in C # or VB.NET?

public enum testEnum
{
    this = -1,
    that,
    other,
}

So what = -2 and another = -3.

I'm sure the only way to do this is to specifically assign "this" and "other," but I wondered if he had an automatic way to do this.

Edit

To be clear, I'm just talking about automatically assigning a value, not about decreasing the actual value of an enumeration.

+3

freefaller Apr 23 '12 at 14:55

1 answer

Odded · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-23T14:58:22+0000

No, It is Immpossible.

You must declare values if you want to do this, or cancel the declaration:

public enum testEnum
{
    other = -3,
    that,
    @this
}