Interesting rant about Scala's issues

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Sun Apr 6 16:17:45 PDT 2014


On 4/6/14, 10:52 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 4/6/2014 3:31 AM, Leandro Lucarella wrote:
>> What I mean is the current semantics of enum are as they are for
>> historical reasons, not because they make (more) sense (than other
>> possibilities). You showed a lot of examples that makes sense only
>> because you are used to the current semantics, not because they are the
>> only option or the option that makes the most sense.
>
> I use enums a lot in D. I find they work very satisfactorily. The way
> they work was deliberately designed, not a historical accident.

Sorry, I think they ought to have been better. -- Andrei



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