How to use type name in enum

Question

How can I do the following?

public enum SlideSize { full, half, short };

Do I have to do something like this?

public enum SlideSize { full, half, [Description("short")] shortSlide };

Unfortunately my workaround behaves like a string.

Answer 1

The @ symbol can be used to tell the compiler that you want to use a keyword as a variable name.

public enum SlideSize { full, half, @short };

Though I would recommend following John Wu's answer.

Answer 2

Enums should be in Pascal case .

public enum SlideSize { Full, Half, Short };

If you follow that convention, the problem goes away.