• @OsrsNeedsF2P
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    12 years ago

    Can you give examples? From the description, it seems like most languages (like Java) can store data in enums?

    • @acabjones@lemmygrad.ml
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      42 years ago

      I think they mean that enum variants can contain fields, i.e. individual variants are themselves structs or tuple structs. AFAIK the closest thing to this in a C-like lang would be a tagged union type.

      • @lemtomanOP
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        32 years ago

        oh yes thats what i mean. Coded in rust, loved this feature, went back to python a bit and became sad that I couldnt do the same. Feels stupid that a variable can be different types depending on the situation, and having a dataclass where just one field is relevant seems too dumb