On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 02:26:23PM +0300, Richard Hainsworth wrote:
> S12 defines enums and rakudo impliments them, so
> perl6
> > enum wkend <>; my $x = Sun; say $x
> 1
>
> But suppose I want to get the "face value" of $x, viz., 'Sun'?
>
> How do I get it?
>
> say $x.key doesnt work.
Why not just
Can I suggest a new method to be declared with enums, viz. .face
enum day <>;
my $today does day;
$today = prompt "Type in a day of the week ";
#later
say $today ; # prints 3
say $today.face; #prints Wed
Whilst having an enum being a list of values is useful, not being able
to restore the
Richard (>):
> S12 defines enums and rakudo impliments them, so
> perl6
>> enum wkend <>; my $x = Sun; say $x
> 1
>
> But suppose I want to get the "face value" of $x, viz., 'Sun'?
>
> How do I get it?
>
> say $x.key doesnt work.
Far as I know, the answer to your question is unspecced.
(Yes, that
S12 defines enums and rakudo impliments them, so
perl6
> enum wkend <>; my $x = Sun; say $x
1
But suppose I want to get the "face value" of $x, viz., 'Sun'?
How do I get it?
say $x.key doesnt work.
