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

Hello,

> Is it possible to assign a specific integer values to a symbol? For some
> symbols? Or perhaps all or no symbols?

  FYI: I'm building a new library - for safe (algebraic) union data types
  with enumerated variants.

  Now you can go "wild" and use your own integers or strings or really anything.
  Example:

      data :Color, :Red, [1],
                   :Green, [2],
                   :Blue, [3]

      # -or-

      data :Color, :Red, ['red'],
                   :Green, ['green'],
                   :Blue, ['blue']

      # -or-

      data :Color, :Red, [1,'red'],
                   :Green, [2, 'green'],
                   :Blue, [3, 'blue']

      # -or-

      data :Color, :Red, [255, 0, 0],
                   :Green, [0, 255, 0],
                   :Blue, [0, 0, 255],
                   :Other, [:r, :g, :b]

   and so on and so forth [1].


  Happy coding with ruby (and algebraic data types). Cheers. Prost.

[1] https://github.com/s6ruby/safedata

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