为什么将int强制转换为无效的枚举值不会引发异常？

从混淆中获取枚举

这是创建.NET的人员的决定。枚举被另一个值类型（备份

int

short

byte

我个人不喜欢这种方式，所以我提出了一系列实用方法：

/// <summary>/// Utility methods for enum values. This static type will fail to initialize /// (throwing a <see cref="TypeInitializationException"/>) if/// you try to provide a value that is not an enum./// </summary>/// <typeparam name="T">An enum type. </typeparam>public static class EnumUtil<T>    where T : struct, IConvertible // Try to get as much of a static check as we can.{    // The .NET framework doesn't provide a compile-checked    // way to ensure that a type is an enum, so we have to check when the type    // is statically invoked.    static EnumUtil()    {        // Throw Exception on static initialization if the given type isn't an enum.        Require.That(typeof (T).IsEnum, () => typeof(T).FullName + " is not an enum type.");    }    /// <summary>    /// In the .NET framework, objects can be cast to enum values which are not    /// defined for their type. This method provides a simple fail-fast check    /// that the enum value is defined, and creates a cast at the same time.    /// Cast the given value as the given enum type.    /// Throw an exception if the value is not defined for the given enum type.    /// </summary>    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>    /// <param name="enumValue"></param>    /// <exception cref="InvalidCastException">    /// If the given value is not a defined value of the enum type.    /// </exception>    /// <returns></returns>    public static T DefinedCast(object enumValue)    {        if (!System.Enum.IsDefined(typeof(T), enumValue)) throw new InvalidCastException(enumValue + " is not a defined value for enum type " +          typeof (T).FullName);        return (T) enumValue;    }    /// <summary>    ///     /// </summary>    /// <param name="enumValue"></param>    /// <returns></returns>    public static T Parse(string enumValue)    {        var parsedValue = (T)System.Enum.Parse(typeof (T), enumValue);        //Require that the parsed value is defined        Require.That(parsedValue.IsDefined(),  () => new ArgumentException(string.Format("{0} is not a defined value for enum type {1}",      enumValue, typeof(T).FullName)));        return parsedValue;    }    public static bool IsDefined(T enumValue)    {        return System.Enum.IsDefined(typeof (T), enumValue);    }}public static class EnumExtensions{    public static bool IsDefined<T>(this T enumValue)        where T : struct, IConvertible    {        return EnumUtil<T>.IsDefined(enumValue);    }}

这样，我可以说：

if(!sEnum.IsDefined()) throw new Exception(...);

… 要么：

EnumUtil<Stooge>.Parse(s); // throws an exception if s is not a defined value.

编辑

除了上面给出的解释之外，您还必须意识到Enum的.NET版本遵循的是比C语言更受C语言启发的模式。这样就可以拥有“位标志”枚举，该枚举可以使用二进制模式来确定某个特定“标志”在枚举值中是否处于活动状态。如果你必须定义标志的每一个可能的组合（即

MondayAndTuesday

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