Re: Happy New Year

[Fabien Bodard <gambas.fr@xxxxxxxxx>]

merci :)

Le dim. 4 janv. 2026 à 19:21, Benoît Minisini <
benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Happy New Year 2026 to everyone!
>
> During the holidays, I have added support to "named enumerations" to
> Gambas.
>
> What's that new feature?
>
> First, you have a new syntax for declaring enumerations by specifying an
> "enumeration name".
>
> --------------------
> Public Enum <Name> Is <Constant 1> [ = <Value1> ], <Constant 2> [ =
> <Value2> ] ...
> --------------------
>
> Two remarks:
>
> - You can now reuse an already declared integer constant in the
> enumeration. It allows you to both have a specific documentation for
> that constant, and have an enumeration using it.
>
> - You can use the same already declared constant in several enumerations
> if you want.
>
> Then, you have a new syntax for declarating datatypes taking their value
> inside that enumeration, using its name.
>
> --------------------
> Dim <Name> As Enum <EnumerationName>
>
> Public <Variable> As Enum <EnumerationName>
>
> Public Sub Method(Arg As Enum <EnumerationName>) As Enum
> <OtherEnumerationName>
> --------------------
>
> It's very important to understand that it's a -compiler only- feature.
>
> The interpreter does not see the enumeration. Only integers exist for
> him. You can assign any integer value to a variable declared as 'Enum
> <Name>', even the values that are not a member of the '<Name>'
> enumeration. Nothing is checked at runtime.
>
> Moreover, the compiler does not check at all that you actually use an
> existing enumeration name.
>
> The compiler just use the named enumeration declarations to generate
> metadata (in the '*.list' and '*.info' files), and this metadata is used
> by the IDE for implementing automatic completion.
>
> So it's not a new datatype, but just some new syntax that allows the IDE
> to implement better automatic completion.
>
> At the moment, I added public named enumeration in almost every
> component, but not the deprecated ones. If you find some missing
> enumerations just tell me or add it yourself! And if you have any
> question, just ask.
>
> Enjoy it.
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini.
>
>
>

-- 
Fabien Bodard