https://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11998

           Summary: writeln with string enum outputs the enum name, not
                    the string
           Product: D
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: code@dawg.eu


--- Comment #0 from Martin Nowak <code@dawg.eu> 2014-01-25 17:08:01 PST ---
cat > bug.d << CODE
enum Enum : string
{
    member = "printThis",
}

void main()
{
    import std.stdio : writeln;
    writeln(member);
}
CODE

dmd -run bug

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Output is 'member' instead of 'printThis'.
See http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/e801e755
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bearophile_hugs@eml.cc changed:

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--- Comment #1 from bearophile_hugs@eml.cc 2014-01-25 17:16:39 PST ---
At best this is an enhancement request. But you are asking to add to make a special case for string enums.

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Peter Alexander <peter.alexander.au@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Peter Alexander <peter.alexander.au@gmail.com> 2014-01-27 12:41:31 PST ---
I think this is by design.

The EnumBaseType just indicates that the enum values can be implicitly converted to the EnumBaseType. It's not the same as `enum string member = "printThis";`

I'm not a fan of special casing the output of string enums.

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--- Comment #3 from Martin Nowak <code@dawg.eu> 2014-01-27 14:23:35 PST ---
Maybe I was too fast with this, I just expected a different result.

With anonymous enums it works btw.

enum name1 = "printThis";
enum
{
    name2 = "foo",
    name3 = "bar",
}

void main()
{
    import std.stdio : writeln;
    writeln(name1, name2, name3);
}

http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/39b780cc

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Martin Nowak <code@dawg.eu> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID
           Severity|normal                      |enhancement


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