On Saturday, 31 May 2014 at 20:14:59 UTC, bearophile wrote:
Miles Stoudenmire:
In contrast to those two examples where immutable can be used
at compile
time, what are some other cases where it is necessary to use
enum instead of immutable?
By default use enum if you define a compile-time-known value,
unless it's composed data like an array, etc.
Bye,
bearophile
'enum' as a manifest constant keyword has been an unpopular
decision from its introduction. "Everybody" agrees that it should
be changed. Everybody but Walter -- at DConf2014 Walter said
(again) that using "enum" was okay because people get used to it!
The only reason given is that re-using a keyword is supposed to
be easier than introducing a new one. That is manifestly false. ;)
