From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-11-03T23:19:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Enumerated Scalar

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Mike Stephens <rubfor@recitel.net> wrote:
> As a one time Pascal programmer - does Ruby have the concept of an
> enumerated scalar? It seems to have enumerations but I can't see a
> standard method that recognizes inate ordering eg EObj.next, EObj < FObj
> etc

There is definitively nothing built in.  You have to create this
yourself or use one of the libs out there that implement enums.

http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/enum/
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=enum

Also, often Symbols are used to represent fixed values.

Kind regards

robert

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