C#•3y ago

❔ Nullable enums or None inside

Suppose there are some known tasks like Carry, Build, etc. A worker can be idle or busy. If they are busy, a task is assigned to them. Which one do you prefer to define task types?

public enum TaskType{
   None = 0,
   //...
}
TaskType Type;

public enum TaskType{
   None = 0,
   //...
}
TaskType Type;

public enum TaskType{
   Build = 0,
   //...
}
TaskType? Type;

public enum TaskType{
   Build = 0,
   //...
}
TaskType? Type;

Imo, The second one

6 Replies

GladiatorOP•3y ago

Because I can iterate over or store tasks using tasktype for example in dictionary

Thinker•3y ago

If None is supposed to be the "default", then it should be 0, because then default(TaskType) will be None

GladiatorOP•3y ago

OK, yes

Thinker•3y ago

The enum value that is 0 is always the default

GladiatorOP•3y ago

I have a list/priority queue for each task type yes If I include None inside, I have trouble, in many situations I should ignore None Dictionary<TaskType,PriorityQueue<>>

Accord•3y ago

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