From: Benjohn Barnes <benjohn@...>
Date: 2006-03-21T06:45:29+09:00
Subject: Re: c/c++ enum equivalent?


On 17 Mar 2006, at 16:49, Gregory Seidman wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 01:42:51AM +0900, benjohn@fysh.org wrote:
> } I'd like to fill a module with valueless constants (because I  
> don't care
> } about the actual values, just that they are uneque, and named) -  
> is that
> } a good thing to do, and can I do that? :)
> }
> } I tried:
> }
> } module AnEnum
> }   :ValueOne
> }   :ValueTwo
> }   ...
> } end
> }
> } But mentioning a constant's sysmbol doesn't define it.
>
> Those are symbols, not constants. And they are what you want. You  
> don't
> need to define them anywhere. They are defined by being used.

Hi Greg, thank you ... I suppose what I wanted was to be able to write:
	AnEnum::ValueIDidntDefine

... in some code, and have Ruby come back and bash me for talking  
about something that's not in the set of allowed values.