From 580d85d233044b22c98ad8b6cae2369b250c289f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Araq <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 20:51:50 +0200
Subject: implemented 'pure' enums

---
 doc/manual.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/manual.txt b/doc/manual.txt
index e5814b9d6..c8d40c476 100755
--- a/doc/manual.txt
+++ b/doc/manual.txt
@@ -795,6 +795,19 @@ values to use:
 As can be seen from the example, it is possible to both specify a field's 
 ordinal value and its string value by using a tuple. It is also
 possible to only specify one of them.
+
+An enum can be marked with the ``pure`` pragma so that it's fields are not
+added to the current scope, so they always need to be accessed 
+via ``TMyEnum.value``:
+
+.. code-block:: nimrod
+
+  type
+    TMyEnum {.pure.} = enum
+      valueA, valueB, valueC, valueD
+  
+  echo valueA # error: Unknown identifier
+  echo TMyEnum.valueA # works
 
 
 String type
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