[swift-evolution] [Proposal] Enum string interoperability with Objective-C and Swift

[Derrick Ho]

I updated the proposal

https://github.com/wh1pch81n/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/NNNN-Swift-enum-strings-ported-to-Objective-c.md

And I also posted the question on Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ObjectiveC/comments/5livbi/improve_ns_string_enum/?st=IXJK9UXL&sh=80e8c7d8



On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:51 PM Derrick Ho <wh1pch81n at gmail.com> wrote:

The underline can be omitted. To remain more consistent.

enum City: String {
case NewYork = "New York"
}

typedef NSString * City;
static City const CityNewYork = @"New York";



On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:22 PM Rod Brown <rodney.brown6 at icloud.com> wrote:

I'm not part of the core team, of course, but I like this change in
principle.

My one concern in this case would be choosing a naming convention for the
back port that makes sense both ways. The naming convention you propose (
EnumName_EnumCase) seems inconsistent with the current import of strings
from Obj-C to Swift. Could we find a way to unify them?

On 31 Dec 2016, at 4:15 am, Derrick Ho via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

I'm trying to revive an old thread. I'd like to hear from the community.

Can we make a swift enum string interoperable with Objective-C?

Currently NS_STRING_ENUM ports from objective-c to swift but not the other
way around.

I feel that if you can go one direction you should be able to go back.

@objc
enum City: String {
case NewYork = "New York"
}

Make this available as a global string in objective -c ?
On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 5:55 AM Derrick Ho <wh1pch81n at gmail.com> wrote:

I think enum strings should gain better interoperability with swift.
Something like this:



enum City: String {

    case NewYork = "New York"

}



This can be ported over to Objective-c like this:



typedef NSString * City;

static City const City_NewYork = @"New York";




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