[Development] API style guide: scoped enum or not?

[Tor Arne Vestbø]

On 3 May 2023, at 19:22, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:

I'd say that any new enumeration in the Qt namespace should be enum class, but
enums in classes may not be so if they're sufficiently descriptive already.

Agreed, and this is also what our current API design guide says:

<https://wiki.qt.io/API_Design_Principles#Naming_Enum_Types_and_Values>
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