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Generic enums #8

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RunDevelopment opened this issue Oct 5, 2022 · 0 comments
Open

Generic enums #8

RunDevelopment opened this issue Oct 5, 2022 · 0 comments
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Right now, enums are just generic sugar for some structs and a variable. However, functions are just variables with parameters, so why not allow enums to be generic?

Example:

enum Option(T: any) { Some { value: T }, None }

// desugars to
def Option(T: any) = Option::Some { value: T } | Option::None;
struct Option::Some { value: any }
struct Option::None;

All references to parameters in the struct definitions will be replaced with the type of that parameter. Example:

enum Foo(T: int) { Bar { value: T } }

// desugars to
def Foo(T: int) = Foo::Bar { value: T };
struct Foo::Bar { value: int }
@RunDevelopment RunDevelopment added the enhancement New feature or request label Oct 5, 2022
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