[New article]: What is a Boolean-backed enum type

[matteshe]

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Boolean-backed enum type

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Enumeration types

Reason for the article

In .net breaking changes you have an article about "Boolean-backed enum type support removed". As I would like to test the behavior in .net6 and .net8 I would to know, what a Boolean-backed enum type is. The is no documentation at all about this topic. An example for that would be really helpful.

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Boolean-backed enum type

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• ID: 61b63f9e-8755-12e6-d993-3235be760eba
• Version Independent ID: cc2d4053-ba6c-de02-9c88-fca22796b660
• Content: .NET 8 breaking change: Boolean-backed enum type support removed - .NET
• Content Source: docs/core/compatibility/core-libraries/8.0/bool-backed-enum.md
• Service: dotnet-fundamentals
• GitHub Login: @gewarren
• Microsoft Alias: gewarren

[kwangholee3esi]

I guess enum like this ?

public enum answer : bool
{
  no, 
  yes
};

[gewarren]

Boolean-backed enum types aren't expressible in C#, VB, or F#, but if they were, it would look like @kwangholee3esi example.