Mitchell Hashimoto jokes about packing boolean flags into a single byte after Astral founder Charlie Marsh advocates for enums

@charliermarsh These 8 flags could’ve been a byte, but instead you used 8 bytes like a fool.

(Obv not you, specifically)

@charliermarsh ENUM bool { TRUE = "false" FALSE = "true" }

@charliermarsh true | false | "i-didnt-think-the-first-time-round"

@charliermarsh @alpha_convert Almost always should’ve been https://existentialtype.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/boolean-blindness/

@charliermarsh Been fighting this fight for years

@mitchellh Lol

@charliermarsh You start with TRUE, FALSE and later you can add NOT_NOT_FALSE, ALMOST_TRUE and other helpful values.

@charliermarsh This enum could have been an ADT

@mitchellh @charliermarsh tired: 8 bools wired: single enum with 8 states inspired: 8 enums each with two states: FLAG_X_ON | FLAG_X_OFF

@charliermarsh OG

@charliermarsh The ones that go "isAdmin (true, false), isClient(true, false) ?

@nicbarkeragain @charliermarsh Well, an enum with 8 states isn't equivalent to 8 bools...

@charliermarsh I pitty the bool

@charliermarsh this abstraction could have been inlined, this code could have been non-existant, this product could have been an email, this computer could have been a rock

@charliermarsh - FALSE - TRUE - FILE_NOT_FOUND

@charliermarsh

@charliermarsh This enum could’ve been a bool

@charliermarsh booleans are enums btw

@charliermarsh I love seeing more fp ideas leaking out into the rest of the ecosystem.

@TheButterThief @charliermarsh This one is a classic. https://thedailywtf.com/articles/Classic-WTF-What-Is-Truth