Re: enum sets

Thiago Adams wrote:

On 29/08/2024 05:18, fir wrote:

Thiago Adams wrote:

I am wondering how useful would be to have enum sets.
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Let´s say you have a function that accepts only monospaced fonts.Then
you can use enum monospaced_font_type. Or a switch case where you need
to check all and only monospaced_font_type.
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But at same type you can store at same object monospaced_font_type or
font_type.
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enum font_type
{
     enum monospaced_font_type
     {
         CASCADIA_FONT,
     },
     ARIAL_FONT
};
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This could be arranged in any way.
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this is about general problem of what i name polymorphism

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I was considering the name polymorphic enum. But polymorphism is more
about hierarchies.
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For this feature it can be any set you want. We can have duplicates.
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enum  E
{
    enum set1 {
       A
    },
    enum set2 {
       A,
       B
    }
}
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if yu want tag enums a(And then use this tag) then this way
wouldnt work in generally as you will drown in combinatorical swamp
(and also on this i was writing before writing subtypes should
be defined on rightside
say you have real byg set of enums and you got 10 suptypes (tags) (A B C D E F G H I J) of
enyms each one have about 100 enums of that tag you then need
to define also types that have combination of tags AB AJ AD F G FGJ BD BG ....
and youre drowned
i dont know hovewer what you need to do as you write this way one could
sit and think what youre talking about - and i got no time
(typical for programming groups though and what i write is also
probably of this kind - describing some things in programming may be quite hermetic to read)
as to enums i dislike them a lot.. realy sometimes is better tu use 'asd' and sometimes even strings and comepare by strcomp