No we should not support enum types derived from strings

[12345swordy]

On Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 02:21:06 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
> On Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 02:07:14 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 01:58:39 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
>>> No, classes are reference types, structs are values types in 
>>> c#.
>>>
>>> -Alex
>>
>> No, both are value type,
> Wrong.
>
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/reference-types
>
>> but in the case of the class, the value contains a reference 
>> to the payload that you describe in the class's body. Consider:
>>
>> class A {}
>> A a = new A();
>>
>> void foo(A ainfoo) {
>>     ainfooo = new A();
>> }
>>
>> foo(a);
>>
>> Was "a" modified here?
> Yes. A is being replace with the new instance of A that happens 
> to have the same value here. There is no guarantee that they 
> will share the same address.
>
> - Alex

In layman terms, just because I can replace the item in the box 
with the exact same box, it does not mean the box hasn't been 
modified.

- Alex