CSharp - What is the output: enum byte backend?

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Question

What is the output of the following code? 

using System;
class Program
{
    enum TrafficLight : byte
    {
        red, green, yellow
    };
    enum Values { val1 = 12, val2 = (int)TrafficLight.green, val3, val4 = 200 };
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        foreach (Values v in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Values)))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} is storing {1}", v, (int)v);
        }
        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}


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val2 is storing 1
val3 is storing 2
val1 is storing 12
val4 is storing 200

Note

You can use other integer types as the backend type of enum.

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