No we should not support enum types derived from strings

[12345swordy]

On Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 02:30:50 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
> On Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 02:21:06 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
>> 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
>
> You might want to reconsider how sure of yourself you are. For 
> instance by opening https://replit.com/languages/csharp and 
> running the following code in there:
>
> using System;
>
> class A {
>   int i;
>   public A(int i_) { i = i_; }
>   public int getI() { return i; }
> }
>
> class Program {
>   static void Main(string[] args) {
>     A a = new A(15);
>     Console.WriteLine(a.getI());
>     foo(a);
>     Console.WriteLine(a.getI());
>   }
>
>   static void foo(A ainfoo) {
>     ainfoo = new A(23);
>     Console.WriteLine(ainfoo.getI());
>   }
> }
You are conflicting passing an argument by value/reference with 
the concept of value/reference types. They are not the same thing.

"Don't confuse the concept of passing by reference with the 
concept of reference types. The two concepts are not the same. A 
method parameter can be modified by ref regardless of whether it 
is a value type or a reference type. There is no boxing of a 
value type when it is passed by reference."

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/ref

-Alex