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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Enums should implement Stringable interface by default
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From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025, at 10:11 AM, Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] wrote:
> On 28/02/2025 08:33, Janis Kajaks wrote:
>> My suggestion is that all enums (both basic/pure and backed) should 
>> implement Stringable interface by default,
>
>
> This has come up at least twice before:
>
> * https://externals.io/message/118040
> * https://externals.io/message/124991
>
> These threads also touch on some of the same issues:
>
> * https://externals.io/message/120121
> * https://externals.io/message/123388
>
> Fundamentally, there are different schools of thought on what an "enum" 
> should be, which lead to different sets of features.
>
> I think some of those differences are fundamental enough that you could 
> only have both if the language had multiple enum-like things which the 
> user could choose between.

Also see: https://peakd.com/hive-168588/@crell/on-the-use-of-enums

Not auto-implementing Stringable was a deliberate design decision, for reasons that have not changed.

--Larry Garfield