Everyone agrees that we hate the #php Enum syntax

[codebyjeff@hachyderm.io]

Everyone agrees that we hate the #php Enum syntax:

LANGUAGE::KOREAN->value

right?

Everyone?

[michael@mstdn.thms.uk]

@codebyjeff yeah, but why would you ever use ->value? (unless you are building a framework or something)

And why would you make it all upper case?

Language::Korean looks neat to me

#php

[codebyjeff@hachyderm.io]

@michael to get the value

[vansari@phpc.social]

@codebyjeff @michael yes, but what is behind the value? Korean?

It’s type safe for function parameters and so. What syntax do you prefer?

[codebyjeff@hachyderm.io]

@vansari I liked the old "constant" style

LANGUAGE::KOREAN output "Korean"

it's the "->value" I'm whining about

[luceos@fosstodon.org]

@codebyjeff @vansari this only happens with backed enums, like a string enum, see https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.enumerations.backed.php