RE: passing enum value as an argument

Madestro <me_no_like_spam_juanDOTromero@bowneDOTcom> wrote:
> That would defeat the purpose of having an Enum. you might as well create
> three variables then.

I don't see how it would defeat type safety, which is the purpose of
having an enum from my point of view. So long as you couldn't pass in a
value from a *different* enum, it would be fine. I don't see any reason
why the language couldn't allow it.

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