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Summary:
Since you need to do bitwise operations on it, using CGEventFlags when it is defined as a strong enum becomes basically impossible.

Even conceptually it does not make much sense, the type is specifically designed to hold bitwise flags, not just the specific enumerated values listed.

There is not even any "no flags" constant defined.

Trying to use CGEventFlags in code with strong enums is a complete nightmare.  Try implementing code like:

CGEventFlags ef = 0;
if ( test ) {
  ef |= kCGEventFlagMaskShift;
}
CGEventSetFlags( keyEvent, ef );

The first line fails because 0 is not valid, and the third line fails because you can't do bitwise operations on enums.

If you instead use std::underlying_type<CGEventFlags>::type, then you are left casting it back for every call to the OS.

It is extremely ugly and inappropriate use of a strong enum - I'm sure there are other Flag cases as well which should not be strong enums.

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Xcode 7.3, OS X 10.11.4

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