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6994 :: how to handle non ordinal enums (enum with holes)

• enthus1ast (orginal) [2020-10-27T15:32:34+01:00] view original

  is there a good method to work with non ordinal enums eg.:

  AuthenticationMethod* = enum
      NO_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED = 0x00.byte
      GSSAPI = 0x01.byte
      USERNAME_PASSWORD = 0x02.byte
      # to X'7F' IANA ASSIGNED = 0x03
      # to X'FE' RESERVED FOR PRIVATE METHODS = 0x80
      # RESERVED = 0x03.byte .. 0xFE.byte ## <-- would be nice to have btw.
      NO_ACCEPTABLE_METHODS = 0xFF.byte
  Run

  since this is non ordinal i cannot transform it to a set or a seq, nor can i iterate the enum. This, unfortunately, makes it pretty useless to me.

  I could maybe fill the holes with a macro (somehow). Do you have a tip how to handle these enums?

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