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  • One thing I don't understand is why you have Capitalized the name CandleRackStatus. I thought an enum was just a variable and nothing like a class or struct. I think it's confusing to treat it like a class (with naming conventions) ... Commented Mar 20, 2016 at 9:49
  • last question, when I actually want to change the status of the CandleRack, do I do _candleRackStatus = candlesOn ? Commented Mar 20, 2016 at 10:34
  • Re: Capitalized, that's a matter of taste and what school of programming you come from. I recommend treating enums like types, because they are. And in most C++ styles types get a capitalized name. See google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html#Enumerator_Names for reference, also a good read as a whole. Commented Mar 20, 2016 at 11:36
  • Re: changing the status, the identifier candlesOn is defined within the type declaration of the enum. So in order to access it you would qualify it with the type name: CandleRackStatus::candlesOn. That's called static access and the :: operator works on all type properties that are public and static (see stackoverflow.com/questions/10090949/…). So you would change the status using _candleRackStatus = CandleRackStatus::candlesOn. Commented Mar 20, 2016 at 11:46
  • We've discussed simplification of names before, so if these expressions are too lengthy or confusing, just choose shorter names for types and variables. Commented Mar 20, 2016 at 11:49