Discussion Thread: DIP 1044--Enum Type Inference--Community Review Round 1

[deadalnix]

On Friday, 18 November 2022 at 15:37:31 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> ## Discussion Thread
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> This is the discussion thread for the first round of Community 
> Review of DIP 1044, "Enum Type Inference":
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> https://github.com/dlang/DIPs/blob/e2ca557ab9d3e60305a37da0d5b58299e0a9de0e/DIPs/DIP1044.md
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I have very simple feedback.

STOP CHANGING THE GOD DAMN SYNTAX!
STOP, STOP, STOP, and if you still have some doubt, STOP!

Every time, it breaks a ton of tools.

It's not worth it.

If typing the name of the enum is too long, then just use `with` 
or `alias E = MyEnumNameThatIsTooLongAndAnoyingToType;`.

These changes do not solve any actual problem. They just break 
tools.

STOP IT!