+1 for ".values" instead of just ".count". Really handy feature that Java has. 
In Java it returns a set not an array which is great for representing status. 
In C you would use a bit field, but an enum set is better. 

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> On 21 Dec 2015, at 7:57 PM, Charles Constant via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> If you change your proposal to focus on ".values" instead of ".values.count" 
> (which you'd get for free, as you note) I would strongly support it. I don't 
> need ".count" on its own, but ".values" ... well, I have a whole load of 
> enums in my current projects with a ".values" I had to hardcode myself. I 
> would love to get that for free.
> 
>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:46 AM, Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I’ve put a proposal up on GitHub to add a cases ‘count’ functionality to 
>> > Enums for the Swift language
>> > https://gist.github.com/andyyhope/2fc5b6bee8ee1346f688
>> 
>> I think we'd be much better off having a list of all cases. That would make 
>> this feature useful for enums which don't have a raw type, or don't use Int 
>> as their raw type, or don't use sequential raw values for their cases.
>> 
>> That approach has been discussed before, but not formally proposed.
>> 
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