On Wed, 21 Feb 2018, Ryan Joseph wrote:
On Feb 21, 2018, at 5:16 PM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal
<fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
I simply rely on my IDE (Lazarus, Visual Studio) to complete long identifier
names for me so that I don't have to. *shrugs*
Sure enough it’s not a pressing matter by any means but I thought it was worth asking about since I saw it in Swift and it made sense.
Adding compiler features is a slippery slope and I have no idea where to
draw lines. Scoped enums aren’t necessary and in fact enums in general
could be replaced with constants easily enough so that feature was
probably debated at some point also.
You lose an important type safety if you replace them with constants.
Enums have their uses.
As long as you stick to conservative use and accept that the compiler
manages them, they are a powerful and useful construct. Otherwise you're
probably better off using constants.
Michael.
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