On Friday, 8 April 2016 at 14:38:10 UTC, Andre wrote:
Therefore I use std.conv.text to convert the string enum? to
string.
That converts the *name* of the enum to string, not the contents.
(BTW, I think the name of the enum is actually the more useful
behavior.)
Use cast(string) if you want to get the content out.
assert( ":abc".startsWith(CharEnum.a)); // OK
assert( ":abc".startsWith(ManifestConst)); // OK
makes sense
//assert( "abc".startsWith(StringEnum.a)); // Compiler error
I feel like that should work... Phobos is just being too picky on
its types.
If you do cast(string) StringEnum.a, it is all good though.
assert( ":abc".startsWith(StringEnum.a.text)); // Assertion
StringEnum.a.text == "a" because .text (and to!string) returns
the NAME of the enum, not its value. So ":" != "a" and it fails.
assert( "bc".startsWith(StringEnum.b.text)); // OK ???
}
StringEnum.b.text == "b" because the name coincidentally matches
the value so it passes.
