Re: enum and named sets

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 06/12/2025 à 21:03, Brian G a écrit :
> Would it be useful or possible to allow the naming of enum sets such 
> that they could be referenced by that name
> collectively without having to generate a special class with just a 
> public enum. This could be very useful I think.
>
> Or maybe there is already a simple way to do this!
>
> Such that
>
> enum this_set_name  none,fast, slow,red,green
>
> this allowing things like
>      dim setcounter[] as new integer[5]
>      inc setcounter[none]
>      inc setcounter[green]
>
> or
>
>      for each xx as variant in this_set_name
>          print setcounter[xx]
>      next

I think this request already exists in the bug tracker.

I don't know if it is possible to implement it in a way that does not 
hurt the interpreter speed.

At the moment, enumeration symbols are just like constants: the 
interpreter does not have the information that they are all members of 
an enumeration, and does not know the name of that enumeration.

Moreover, the enumerations symbols are just Integer at runtime. The 
enumeration is not a type by itself at all.

I must think about it more.

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.