From: mwlang88 <mwlang@...>
Date: 2009-02-03T11:34:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Initial release of Elemental

On Feb 2, 9:15 pm, Ryan Davis <ryand-r...@zenspider.com> wrote:
>  From your github readme:
>
> >   if my_user.status == UserStatus::active.value
> >   my_user.favorite_color = Color::blue
>
> versus:
>
> >   if my_user.status == UserStatus::ACTIVE
> >   my_user.favorite_color = Color::BLUE
>
> ?
>
> in other words, why would I want to add 250 lines of dependency code  
> where 0 seems to suffice?

As always, depends on where you want to go with it.  For me, I wanted
to catch typos immediately much like a compiled language might.  I
also wanted to associate a display value with a symbol.  And I also
wanted to have that be enumerable so I can populate a dropdown list or
emit radio button groups and checkboxes.

Not every case calls for Elemental, but I find that it heightens my
code's clarity and maintainability and felt it worthy to release to
public domain.

Michael