Quincey and Stephen
Thank you for your great input.
And..yes..it does compile!!!  :-)

> On Jul 17, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Stephen J. Butler <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Or what about this? Tested this time...
> 
> enum Foo {
>     case Bar
>     case Etc
>     case Etc_Etc
>     case Custom(String)
> 
>     func asString() -> String {
>         switch self {
>         case .Bar: return "Bar"
>         case .Etc: return "Etc"
>         case .Etc_Etc: return "Etc Etc"
>         case .Custom(let value): return value
>         }
>     }
> 
>     init(withString value: String) {
>         switch value {
>         case "Bar": self = .Bar
>         case "Etc": self = .Etc
>         case "Etc Etc": self = .Etc_Etc
>         default:
>             self = .Custom(value)
>         }
> 
>     }
> }
> 
> let a = Foo(withString: "Bar")
> let b = Foo(withString: "Something Else")
> 
> print("a = \(a.asString()); b = \(b.asString())")
> 
> I guess more typing, and some room for error in the initializer, but it does 
> do away with the wrapper class.
> 
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Quincey Morris 
> <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> On Jul 17, 2015, at 13:33 , Stephen J. Butler <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> How about using a Custom option with an associated String value?
>> 
>> enum Foo:String {
>> 
>>    case Bar = “Bar"
>>    case Etc = “Etc"
>>    case Etc_Etc = “Etc Etc"
>>    case Custom(String)
>> }
> 
> Unfortunately that won’t compile. One alternative is:
> 
>> enum Foo: String {
>>      case Bar = "Bar"
>>      case Etc = "Etc"
>>      case Etc_Etc = "Etc Etc"
>> }
>> 
>> enum FooPlus {
>>      case AFoo (Foo)
>>      case AString (String)
>>      
>>      var asString: String {
>>              switch self
>>              {
>>              case let .AFoo (foo): return foo.rawValue
>>              case let.AString (string): return string
>>              }
>>      }
>> }
> 
> 
> 

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