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

[deadalnix]

On Wednesday, 23 November 2022 at 13:41:12 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
> ```D
> // verbose API, readable
> struct SuperLongStruct
> {
>     struct SuperLongInnerStruct
>     {
>         enum SuperLongEnum
>         {
>             VALUE_A, VALUE_B
>         }
>
>         SuperLongEnum super_long_flags;
>     }
>     SuperLongInnerStruct some_data;
> }
>
> // oh shoot
>
> SuperLongStruct super_long_struct = {
>     some_data: {
>         super_long_flags:  
> SuperLongStruct.SuperLongInnerStruct.SuperLongEnum.VALUE_A | 
> SuperLongStruct.SuperLongInnerStruct.SuperLongEnum.VALUE_A
>     }
> };
>
> // oh nice!
>
> SuperLongStruct super_long_struct = {
>     some_data: {
>         super_long_flags: .VALUE_A | .VALUE_A
>     }
> };
>
> ```

Try `alias E = 
SuperLongStruct.SuperLongInnerStruct.SuperLongEnum;`


> ```D
> AttackType attack_type = .MELEE;
>
>
> (..)
>
>
> switch (attack_type)
> {
>     case .MELEE:
>     break;
> }
>
>
>
> ```
>
> now your variable name carry more and proper information about 
> what it is,

```d
auto attack_type = AttackType.MELEE;

switch (attack_type) with(AttackType) {
     case MELEE:
     break;
}
```