[swift-evolution] Working with enums by name

Charlie Monroe charlie at charliemonroe.net
Wed Jun 1 05:19:06 CDT 2016


Sorry, must've missed that.

> On Jun 1, 2016, at 12:17 PM, Brent Royal-Gordon <brent at architechies.com> wrote:
> 
>> This is, however, kind of a hack IMHO that relies on the compiler behavior that isn't well documented.
> 
> It's documented in "The Swift Programming Language", in the same paragraphs where the `enum Planet` example we've been working with comes from.
> 
> “When you’re working with enumerations that store integer or string raw values, you don’t have to explicitly assign a raw value for each case. When you don’t, Swift will automatically assign the values for you.
> <snip>
> “When strings are used for raw values, the implicit value for each case is the text of that case’s name.”
> 
> -- 
> Brent Royal-Gordon
> Architechies
> 



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