RFR: JDK-8241798: Allow enums to have more constants
Maurizio Cimadamore
maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com
Tue Mar 31 15:42:55 UTC 2020
On 31/03/2020 07:40, Liam Miller-Cushon wrote:
> I think that limits this strategy to enums that don't declare
> constructors with non-mandated parameters. I'd still be happy to have
> support for that many constants in 'simple' enums, but needing
> different code generation strategies for different kinds of enum does
> change the return-on-complexity a bit.
I agree - your first patch has a simplicity to it that is appealing.
If we go down more complex paths which require different generation
strategies, I'm not sure whether the trade off is justified - as that
has consequence on testing and all.
Maurizio
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