[Issue 1781] New: Conditional Compilation - debug ( Integer ) is to restrictive

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           Summary: Conditional Compilation - debug ( Integer ) is to
                    restrictive
           Product: D
           Version: 1.015
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: spec
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: danijans03 at student.kau.se


It is currently not possible to write something like:

enum DebugLevel { LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH };
debug(DebugLevel.HIGH)
        Logger.writeDebug("");

I think it is to restrictive to only allow Integer. An enum could easily be
cast to an integer internally.

You could of course write something like:

const int DebugLevelLow = 0;
const int DebugLevelMedium = 1;
const int DebugLevelHigh = 2;
debug(DebugLevelHigh)
        Logger.writeDebug("");

But this isn't as elegant as using enums.


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