Interesting rant about Scala's issues

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 4/7/14, 3:07 AM, Regan Heath wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:17:45 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> Got a DIP/spec/design to share?

No. -- Andrei