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Defines a set of symbolic constants with ordered numeric values ala C
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enum types.
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Now capable of creating creating ordered bitmask constants as well. See
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the BITMASKS section for details.
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What are they good for? Typical uses would be for giving mnemonic names
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to indexes of arrays. Such arrays might be a list of months, days, or a
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return value index from a function such as localtime():
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use enum qw(:Months_=0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec);
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