You're aware we have constants defined already in the fig/http-message-util library, right? Couldn't we just add an enum later, once 8.1 is ready?
(I'd argue that, in general, the *-util packages are a good place for these.) On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 7:51 PM Larry Garfield <la...@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > Greetings, FIGlets. (What does one call a FIG-involved person, anyway? > FIGlet? FIGment?) > > As you may be aware, PHP 8.1 is going to include support for > Enumerations. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/enumerations > > I believe it would be beneficial for some common industrial enumerated > types to have a common library, rather than everyone making their own. The > first examples that jump out at me are HTTP status codes and methods, which > I have implemented here: > > https://github.com/Crell/EnumTools > > There are likely others, but I haven't come up with them yet. (Obviously > this code won't run on any released PHP version yet, but I'm pretty sure > the syntax is right...) > > I am fine hosting these myself, but it occurs to me that they may be of > more value if hosted by a more prominent organization, such as FIG. Of > course, it's not really a spec; a PSR for these wouldn't make any sense. > It's more akin to the Util libraries that we maintain for various PSRs, but > without an associated PSR. > > How do folks feel about FIG hosting such an enum collection? We could > make it one package or several, depending on how we decide to break it up. > If FIG is OK hosting it I am happy to dump the enums I already build into > whatever package FIG wants to use for them. > > Discuss. > > -- > Larry Garfield > la...@garfieldtech.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to php-fig+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/9fa79e25-5755-4f3f-9be9-3acc2ee67c6a%40www.fastmail.com > . > -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney mweierophin...@gmail.com https://mwop.net/ he/him -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to php-fig+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/CAJp_myWHWMXGvda6RHpFdaXqgLuG%2BTs2AZA1Ej2G2NQuAQoF%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com.
