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On 11/18/2013 1:25 PM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
> Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>> Andreas Leitgeb schrieb:
>>>    // public enum Foo { FURST, SECOND }
>>>    public enum Foo { FIRST, SECOND; public static final FURST = FIRST; }
>>
>> Maybe mark FURST also as deprecated.
>> And put a comment that says what should
>> be used instead of FURST, which could
>> go into javadoc.
>
> Definitely a good idea, which I forgot about. Thanks for reminding!
>
>> In as far APIs behave similar as natural
>> language since for whatever reason synonyms
>> develop, and even word meanings disappear
>> over the time. Overloading of methods even
>> allows a form of polysemy.
>
> It would be nice, if enum had the concept of synonyms:
> <dream-mode>
>    - each synonym is an alias for a particular constant
>    - synonyms would be recognized by valueOf(String)
>    - synonyms could be annotated as @Deprecated
>    - synonyms could be used in a switch, but then the
>        canonical name (or any other synonym for the same
>        constant) must not be used in the same switch.
> </dream-mode>
> Well, I know it's not going to happen. Just wanted it off my chest ;-)

     It'd make a mess of EnumMaps, too ...

     I don't think there's any single Right Way to address your
problem, no one-size-fits-all solution.  Elsethread it's written
that a published API is "set in stone," but there are many kinds
of stone.  Of all posters to this thread, only you know whether
the stone is obsidian or talc; only you know how hard a tool is
required to scratch it.

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid

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Fixing "typos" in enums... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-15 16:25 +0000
  Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-11-15 09:05 -0800
    Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-18 17:20 +0000
      Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-11-18 09:33 -0800
        Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-18 13:37 -0500
        Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-18 18:58 +0000
          Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-11-18 11:35 -0800
            Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-18 20:34 +0000
  Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-15 20:10 +0100
    Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-18 17:29 +0000
      Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-18 19:38 +0100
        Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-18 19:34 +0000
  Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2013-11-16 10:16 +0100
    Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-18 18:25 +0000
      Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-18 13:45 -0500
        Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-18 20:20 +0100
        Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-18 20:09 +0000
          Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-18 17:00 -0500
            Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-19 15:39 +0000
  Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... Arivald <NOSPAMarivald@interia.pl> - 2013-11-19 00:29 +0100
    Re: Fixing "typos" in enums... lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> - 2013-11-19 11:14 +0000

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