Re: [RFC] Enumerations

Thank you so much for moving this forward, Larry and Ilija! I myself have tried to draft my proposal at https://wiki.php.net/rfc/enum_v2 which has aspects both similar and different from yours. And "v2" is another indicator that this feature is desired by many, so yay. On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 2:25 AM Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/enumerations A few comments: * Having to write "case" everywhere is extremely verbose, I can't think of a popular language that requires so much typing in this area. Can the keyword be omitted completely? * Performance concern: I suspect that most developers will not use the advanced features from this proposal and your future plans much, instead they will want to use it in very simple contexts, e.g. "$order->calculateWeight(Weight::Gross)". Would every such call require an object allocation and initialization? What about comparisons, would expressions like "if ($cardType === Suit::Clubs) ..." require a new object? * What do you think about the part of my proposal that allows omitting enum name where it's obvious from context, e.g. "pick_a_card(Clubs)" if the declaration of pick_a_card() requires a parameter of type Suit? -- Best regards, Max Semenik