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From: Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Enums: Properties vs. Methods
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:40:15 +0200
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On 30/03/2011 01:05, Lew allegedly wrote:
> Daniele Futtorovic wrote:
>> For all purposes, yeah. I would however expect the one with the
>> constant to be
>> marginally easier, as it requires no analysis of the field.
>
> Which of the two are you calling "the one with the constant"?

The same as you when you said:
"One returns a constant, the other a constant variable"

That is to say, the solution in which the OP overrode the methods in the
enum instances.

Apologies for not making myself sufficiently clear.

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