Remind me not to have the forum email me when someone responds to my posts 
. I had 40 emails…LOL.
I love to read all this brainstorming. Reading your responces has also given me a new train of thought…especially with state management.
CViper,
I used to agree with you when I moved from C to C++ but I like Scott Meyers’ Effective C++/More Effective C++ books. He says that you should use inline functions and global const variables instead of #defines for a number of reasons, but I’ll let you read the book to find out why 
You may not agree with me (and him) but he has a lot of convincing arguments. I’ve read both his books 3 times and I could read them both another 3 times. He’s definitely a master.
Anyway, I’m not saying you’re wrong and I’m right, but that’s my preference
Hi,
What about using bitfields? Good on memory usage, although maybe not quite so efficient in terms of speed - but that’s probably not a problem.
eg.
typedef struct _states_t
{
int boState1 : 1;
int boState2 : 1;
etc…
} states_t;
- hope I got the syntax right…
Iain