On Mon, Dec 28, 2020, at 2:21 PM, Larry Garfield wrote:
> Hello, Internalians!
>
> After considerable discussion and effort, Ilija and I are ready to
> offer you round 2 on enumerations. This is in the spirit of the
> previous discussion, but based on that discussion a great deal has been
> reworked. The main change is that Enumeration Cases are now object
> instances of the Enumeration class rather than their own class. Most
> of the other changes are knock-on effects of that.
>
> Of particular note:
>
> * Cases may not have methods or constants on them. They're just dumb values.
> * Enums themselves may have methods, static methods, or constants.
> * Traits are supported, as long as they don't have properties.
> * The value() method on scalar enums is now a property.
>
> The full RFC is here, and I recommend reading it again in full given
> how much was updated.
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/enumerations
>
> The implementation is 98% complete; there's still a few lagging bits in
> reflection, and some opcache bugs that Ilija is still stomping on.
>
> There are a few outstanding questions listed that we would like
> feedback on. We're not entirely certain which direction to go with
> them, for reasons explained in the RFC. Input on those is especially
> welcome.
>
> Happy New Year. May it be enumerable.
And we're back again. The RFC has been updated with a steady stream of smaller improvements
based on feedback and testing, and is now in its Final Form(tm) (we think). The only major change
worth noting is that we renamed things. :-)
An enum with no scalar backing is now called a Pure Enum, made up of Pure Cases. One that does have
backing values is called a Backed Enum, made up of Backed Cases. That change is mainly to allow for
future expansion to non-scalar backing static values, should the use case arise. Reflection was
also reworked a bit to make it more logical.
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/enumerations
At this point, Ilija and I consider the RFC done and ready for a vote. Baring any major issues
being brought up, we plan to start the vote in the first half of next week, probably Tuesday-ish.
If you have any other bug reports or tweaks, please speak now or forever hold your patches.
--Larry Garfield