• Nick Sabalausky <a a.a> Feb 25 2005
• "Matthew" <admin stlsoft.dot.dot.dot.dot.org> Feb 25 2005
• "Charlie Patterson" <charliep1 excite.com> Feb 28 2005

Nick Sabalausky <a a.a> writes:

In C# it is possible to do something like this (Although I'm sure I have 
the syntax and name of the text output function wrong):

enum Shape {Circle, Square};
Shape myShape = Circle;
writeln(myShape.ToString()); // Or whatever C#'s printf-queivilent is (I 
forget)

That would display the text "Circle". Is this possible in D? If not, is 
it something what would require reflection?

"Matthew" <admin stlsoft.dot.dot.dot.dot.org> writes:

AFAIK, it's not currently supported. I think it's something that would 
be nice to have, but I suspect this is a D 2.x feature, if ever.


"Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> wrote in message 
news:cvof4j$1te2$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 In C# it is possible to do something like this (Although I'm sure I 
 have the syntax and name of the text output function wrong):

 enum Shape {Circle, Square};
 Shape myShape = Circle;
 writeln(myShape.ToString()); // Or whatever C#'s printf-queivilent is 
 (I forget)

 That would display the text "Circle". Is this possible in D? If not, 
 is it something what would require reflection? 

"Charlie Patterson" <charliep1 excite.com> writes:

"Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> wrote in message 
news:cvof4j$1te2$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 enum Shape {Circle, Square};
 Shape myShape = Circle;
 writeln(myShape.ToString());


This is something I've wanted for a long time, too.  Enums are nice to 
self-document a program but also get speed by using simple, small ints. 
However, when it comes time to debug, it is a pain and error-pront to have 
to create a ShapeToString(Shape) function for each enum.

Likewise, it would be nice to read them in:

Shape myShape.FromString( "Circle" );

Then a config file could use the actual enum name and save us from writing 
the common StringToShape(String) function as well.