Proposal: enum labels for switch cases

Evolution Discussion
1

These labels allow you to group items in an enum:

enum X {
L1:
case A, B
case C
L2:
case D, E, F
}

switch x {
case L1: handleL1(x)
case L2: handleL2(x)
}

func handleL1(x:X) {
  switch x L1 {
    case .A: ...
    case .B: ...
    case .D: ...
  }
}

func handleL2(x:X) {
  switch x L2 {
    case .D: ...
    case .E: ...
    case .F: ...
  }
}

2

Isn't that just a nested enum:

    enum X {
        case L1: L1Type
        case L2: L2Type
        enum L1Type {
            case A, B, C
        }
        enum L2Type {
            case D, E, F
       }
}

···

On 2 February 2016 at 10:53, Amir Michail via swift-evolution < swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:

These labels allow you to group items in an enum:

enum X {
L1:
case A, B
case C
L2:
case D, E, F
}

switch x {
case L1: handleL1(x)
case L2: handleL2(x)
}

func handleL1(x:X) {
  switch x L1 {
    case .A: ...
    case .B: ...
    case .D: ...
  }
}

func handleL2(x:X) {
  switch x L2 {
    case .D: ...
    case .E: ...
    case .F: ...
  }
}
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3

Isn't that just a nested enum:

It’s not nested. You can still put all the cases in one switch and ignore the labels if you want to.

···

On Feb 1, 2016, at 7:03 PM, Howard Lovatt <howard.lovatt@gmail.com> wrote:

    enum X {
        case L1: L1Type
        case L2: L2Type
        enum L1Type {
            case A, B, C
        }
        enum L2Type {
            case D, E, F
       }
}

On 2 February 2016 at 10:53, Amir Michail via swift-evolution <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote:
These labels allow you to group items in an enum:

enum X {
L1:
case A, B
case C
L2:
case D, E, F
}

switch x {
case L1: handleL1(x)
case L2: handleL2(x)
}

func handleL1(x:X) {
  switch x L1 {
    case .A: ...
    case .B: ...
    case .D: ...
  }
}

func handleL2(x:X) {
  switch x L2 {
    case .D: ...
    case .E: ...
    case .F: ...
  }
}
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4

Oops cut and past error!

enum X {

    case L1(l1: L1Type)

    case L2(l2: L2Type)

    enum L1Type {

        case A, B, C

    }

    enum L2Type {

        case D, E, F

    }

}

···

On 2 February 2016 at 11:03, Howard Lovatt <howard.lovatt@gmail.com> wrote:

Isn't that just a nested enum:

    enum X {
        case L1: L1Type
        case L2: L2Type
        enum L1Type {
            case A, B, C
        }
        enum L2Type {
            case D, E, F
       }
}

On 2 February 2016 at 10:53, Amir Michail via swift-evolution < > swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:

These labels allow you to group items in an enum:

enum X {
L1:
case A, B
case C
L2:
case D, E, F
}

switch x {
case L1: handleL1(x)
case L2: handleL2(x)
}

func handleL1(x:X) {
  switch x L1 {
    case .A: ...
    case .B: ...
    case .D: ...
  }
}

func handleL2(x:X) {
  switch x L2 {
    case .D: ...
    case .E: ...
    case .F: ...
  }
}
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