Convert to string an enum item

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On Wednesday, 23 December 2015 at 17:43:52 UTC, Alex Parrill 
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 23 December 2015 at 13:11:28 UTC, tcak wrote:
>> [code]
>> import std.stdio;
>> import std.conv;
>>
>> enum Values: ubyte{ One = 1, Two = 2 }
>>
>> void main(){
>> 	writeln( std.conv.to!string( Values.One ) );
>> }
>> [/code]
>>
>> Output is "One".
>>
>> casting works, but to be able to cast correctly, I need to 
>> tell compiler that it is "ubyte".
>>
>> Isn't there any NON-HACKISH solution to print out the value of 
>> enum item? And do not decrease the performance as well please. 
>> It runs on web server.
>>
>
> So you want the enum's integer value? Try casting it to an 
> integer.
>
> writeln(cast(ubyte) Values.One);

He already mentioned that.

What you want to do is use std.traits.OriginalType 
(https://dlang.org/phobos/std_traits.html#OriginalType) like so:

to!string(cast(OriginalType!Values)Values.one)