Re: [RFC] Enum proposal (yet another)
| From: | Ángel González | Date: | Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:22:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Enum proposal (yet another) | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On 22/02/12 09:37, Sebastian Krebs wrote:
> class MyEnum {
> const FOO = 'foo';
> const BAR = 'bar';
> private $value;
> public function __construct ($value) {
> if (!in_array($value, array(self::FOO, self::BAR)) throw new
> UnexpectedValueException;
> $this->value = $value;
> }
> public function __toString () { return $this->value; }
> }
>
>
> function doSomething (MyEnum $foo) { /* code */ }
>
>
> What I wanted to say: I don't see, what is not possible already?
I want to call it doSomething(FOO) or doSomething(MyEnum::FOO),
not doSomething(new MyEnum(MyEnum::FOO));
+1 for adding enums (although I'm open to variations from that exact
proposal).