Re: enum and named sets

[Brian G <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is not the same thing, enums are constants used at compile time, no 
overhead at all.
so having to reference a collection, is just unneeded overhead.
enum constants are very fast.

So my suggestion is to have the compiler not change how it uses enum 
now, but create a static read only integer array by the set name.
It does not interfere with the current performance of the interpreter 
but does allow access to the set create by the enumeration.

so
enum myset red=5,blue=6,green=89
the enums are used like the constants they are very fast for the interpreter
but the compiler creates internally
integer array read only  myset = [5,6,89] it keeps the performance, but 
allows access to the set of constant value in one place.

my thoughts anyway.

On 12/7/25 23:54, Fabien Bodard wrote:
> Private ThisSetName As Collection = ["this_set_name  none":0,"fast":1, 
> "slow":2,"red":3,"green":4]
>
> dim setcounter[] as new integer[ThisSetName!5]
> inc setcounter[ThisSetName!none]
> inc setcounter[ThisSetName!green]
>
>  for each xx as variant in ThisSetName
>   print setcounter[xx]
>  next
>
>
> and in your case
>
> for i = 0 to 4
> print setcounter[i]
> next
>
> does the same
>
> ... no ?
>
> Fabien Bodard


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