On 10 July 2025 01:52:17 BST, Deleu wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]
>wrote:
>
>> On 09/07/2025 17:39, Deleu wrote:
>> > It's currently undeniable that a Unit Enum name is a string.
>>
>> If you want to associate a single string value with each enum case, use
>> a stri
On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]
wrote:
> On 09/07/2025 17:39, Deleu wrote:
> > It's currently undeniable that a Unit Enum name is a string.
>
> If you want to associate a single string value with each enum case, use
> a string-backed enum, and propose some short-hand syntax.
On 09/07/2025 17:39, Deleu wrote:
It's currently undeniable that a Unit Enum name is a string.
So is a class name, as accessed by $foo::class.
$foo->name on an enum case is really just the same kind of
pseudo-reflection, in my view: it's telling you information about the
source code, useful
On 9 July 2025 17:12:52 BST, Rob Landers wrote:
> I’ve been thinking of a “quality-of-life RFC” for obvious enums, for some
> time now. Basically, backed enums without a value receive the “obvious”
> value. So a string backed enum gets the name, while an int gets the ordered
> number.
I agre
On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM Rob Landers wrote:
>
> Hey Marco,
>
> I think this relies on whether the “natural value” of a unit enum is a
> string or not. It might be, or it might not be. I don’t think you have a
> compelling argument on why it is a string and that string is the name.
> Persona
On Wed, Jul 9, 2025, at 15:29, Deleu wrote:
> Hi people!
>
> Today I tried to do `ResourceType::from()` and was surprised that my IDE
> immediately screamed at me. After further investigation, I realized that
> Basic Enums (this is what the RFC called it [1]) does not have these
> commodities
On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM Deleu wrote:
> Hi people!
>
> Today I tried to do `ResourceType::from()` and was surprised that my IDE
> immediately screamed at me. After further investigation, I realized that
> Basic Enums (this is what the RFC called it [1]) does not have these
> commodities bac
You probably know it, but I wanted to note that you can implement it in
userland with minimal effort: https://3v4l.org/DoXJo#v8.4.10
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