On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote: > `enum` has precedent -- C-like languages indeed use integers by default, but > see Rust for a generalized form: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/enums.html > -- for a category-theory "sum" type and IMHO handily beats `sym` or `sum`.
I just mean that using `enum` to define symbols/identifiers sounds odd, as enum is short for 'enumerate' no? We wouldn't be enumerating symbols as that suggests order behind the symbol identifiers/references, imo :> Rust's enum/sum value type sounds like a typed union.. the type flag is just hidden? _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
