Re: [RFC] Enumerations

On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 3:25 PM Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > > Greetings, denizens of Internals! > > Ilija Tovilo and I have been working for the last few months on adding support for enumerations > and algebraic data types to PHP. This is a not-small task, so we've broken it up into several > stages. The first stage, unit enumerations, are just about ready for public review and discussion. > > The overarching plan (for context, NOT the thing to comment on right now) is here: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/adts > > The first step, for unit enumerations, is here: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/enumerations > > There's still a few bits we're sorting out and the implementation is mostly done, but > not 100% complete. Still, it's far enough along to start a discussion on and get broader > feedback on the outstanding nits. > > I should note that while the design has been collaborative, credit for the implementation goes > entirely to Ilija. Blame for any typos in the RFC itself go entirely to me. > > *dons flame-retardant suit* > > -- > Larry Garfield > larry@garfieldtech.com I'd like to see the specific reasons for the restrictions listed in Comparison to objects[1]. In general if something's value is even debatable then the default position should be to remain consistent with the rest of the language. It should take a strong argument to introduce any artificial limitation and it's useful to have that in the RFC. [1] https://wiki.php.net/rfc/enumerations#comparison_to_objects