If you're going to go that far, why not make a flyweight enum type? (Basically what's described here: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?FlyweightEnum )...
Right now, it's a hack to get typing in place to let you pass an integer where a class is defined (the public function foo(MyEnum $enum) bit). If you used a flyweight, you could literally type-hint. It's 100% possible right now to do it that way, as demonstrated here: https://gist.github.com/1893073 But with the lack of const object references, we have to resort to a few dirty tricks (such as using __callStatic). Additionally, it requires hard-coding the values in two places (one as a class, and the other as the reference in the `new` lines). It also has the benefit of working with the object system that is already built. Perhaps it would be worth while adding syntactic sugar to the parser to convert the enum declaration into something like this, so that the changes would be localized... enum MyEnum { MyFirstValue, MySecondValue, MyThirdValue } Which would then be converted into basically what I have in that gist, a class internally which would then work with traditional OO system to produce the flyweight enum for us (so we wouldn't have to write all that boiler plate every time we wanted an enum)... Just a thought... Anthony On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Dmitri Snytkine <dsnytk...@ultralogistics.com> wrote: > True but it will have with type hinting, making code more 'bullet proof' > > Dmitri Snytkine > Web Developer > Ultra Logistics, Inc. > Phone: (888) 220-4640 x 2097 > Fax: (888) 795-6642 > E-Mail: dsnytk...@ultralogistics.com > Web: www.ultralogistics.com > > "A Top 100 Logistics I.T. Provider in 2011" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stas Malyshev [mailto:smalys...@sugarcrm.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 6:07 PM > To: Dmitri Snytkine > Cc: 'Sebastian Krebs'; 'PHP internals list' > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Enum proposal (yet another) > > Hi! > >> For those who keep saying "but this can already be done in php", here is a >> pretty good article. >> Long time ago enums were not available in Java also, so this article >> explains that yes, thigs can technically could be done before the enum, > and >> why certain things are better with enums. >> >> > http://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2011/08/enum-in-java-example-tutorial.html > > One note here: Java is a statically typed compiled language. PHP is not. > So many arguments regarding type safety, etc. which are completely valid > in regards to Java have no validity in regard to PHP. I understand that > some people want to import some bits from strictly typed languages, > imagining that this will provide them with benefits that statically > typed languages have, namely compile-time safety checks, etc. This does > not work as well in dynamic languages. Note for example that neither > Ruby nor Python have enums, though you can do similar things there. > > -- > Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect > SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ > (408)454-6900 ext. 227 > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
