Interesting rant about Scala's issues

[Regan Heath]

On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:17:45 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu  
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> 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?

R

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