On Friday, 18 November 2022 at 15:37:31 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

I have very simple feedback.

STOP CHANGING THE GOD DAMN SYNTAX!
STOP, STOP, STOP, and if you still have some doubt, STOP!

Every time, it breaks a ton of tools.

It's not worth it.

If typing the name of the enum is too long, then just use with or alias E = MyEnumNameThatIsTooLongAndAnoyingToType;.

These changes do not solve any actual problem. They just break tools.

STOP IT!

On Saturday, 19 November 2022 at 08:49:31 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

Can I open one or more 'enum' namespaces for a function, because sometimes, enum values are continuous,and you do not need 'switch' statements. At this time, I still want to omit 'enum' names' to use the values.

Similarly, can we also open the 'namespace' of one or more classes or structs for a function.
In this way, just like a 'free functions', you can directly use the 'static' function in the 'class/struct'.

How about this?

On Sunday, 20 November 2022 at 01:07:14 UTC, zjh wrote:

For a specific function, you only need to give the syntax for opening a specific namespace such as 'enum/struct/class'etc. The existing syntax/tools will not be broken or not much damage.

On Sunday, 20 November 2022 at 01:11:49 UTC, zjh wrote:

With is not as good as using namespace std in C++, because with is for a statement, while usingcan be for a scope. In this scope/function, you can omit the prefix of struct/class/enum/....

On Friday, 18 November 2022 at 15:37:31 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

Not very interested, also would prefer:

• 1. more explicit syntax for global scope .symbol (anything really)
     Even in C++ ::symbol is not self-explanating.

• deprecate .symbol

• reuse .symbol for that purpose eventually

On Sunday, 20 November 2022 at 01:26:25 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:

It's a little different. I don't want to wrap it with a {}.
I hope that the entire function scopecan be used directly without adding a prefix.
In my opinion, this is simpler,because most of the time enum are continuous. I can put enumerater handler functions into a vector(or array)(C++), but still add prefix, which is a bit troublesome.
It is very convenient if you do not add a prefix to the entire function scope.
For example:

enum longName{A,B,C};
struct longName2{
    static int g(){
        ...
    }
};
void f(){
    using longName;
    using gg=function<int(int)>;//C++
    gg[] fl;//gg
    fl[A],fl[B]...
    ...directly using A,B,C like this...;
}

void k(){
    using longName2;//struct/class
    ...directly using static g...
}

On Sunday, 20 November 2022 at 02:24:25 UTC, zjh wrote:

You only need to open the namespace of the enum/struct/class you need in the specific function. That is, when you cannot find the name/symbol, find the namespace opened by the user in the function. I think it should be easy for compiler writers.

On Sunday, 20 November 2022 at 02:30:17 UTC, zjh wrote:

The syntax can be similar to:

using Aenum,Bclass,Cstruct;

You don't need brackets.