On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:34:27 -0400, lex@cc.gatech.edu wrote:
To be fair, a lot of people do it the other way too, though, and use symbols plus case statements.
Lex,
The thoughtful reply is much appreciated. Also good to know that I'm not completely alone. I have done it the OO way, though recently I've been doing it with case statements. I probably should go back and do a few opposite of the way I did it originally and see what I learn.
Along similar lines, Meyer expressed disapproval for enumerated types, yet they're one of the few things I consistently miss (in languages that are not Pascal<s>). It still seems like it would be a useful thing to be able to describe a sequence of values--particularly specific to a class (which has always been the problem with Pascal enums)--and even named constants.
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