Re: enums 1.0 library / gem - safe enumeration types for ruby e.g. enum :Color, [:red, :green, :blue]

I understand now. It really doesn't make sense to explicitly assign 
integer values. Thank you.

Is this a gem that I can download and install using gem?

On 3/6/19 12:47 PM, Gerald Bauer wrote:
> Hello,
>
>       Sorry for the late reply I was offline over the weekend in Venice
> at the Carne Vale!
>
>> This looks really neat. Does it have any runtime dependencies?
>     Thanks for your kind words.
>     No. The enums library has NO dependencies other than ruby and the
> standard library itself.
>
>> Is it possible to assign a specific integer values to a symbol? For some
>> symbols? Or perhaps all or no symbols?
>      For now the enum is "immutable" and starts counting at zero for
> the first member.
> The enum for now follows the enum data type in solidity [1] because
> that's the first use case in (secure) ruby
> and why it was created in the first place :-).
>
>        If there's really a need to assign specific integers and if you
> have some great examples, for sure, it's possible to add in a future
> update e.g. using
>
> Enum.new( 'Color', red: 0, green: 1, blue: 2 )
>
>     instead of
>
> Enum.new( 'Color', :red, :green, :blue )
>
>
>     Cheers. Prost.
>
> [1]  https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/types.html#enums
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