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iOS Swift Enums and Structs Structs and their Methods Review and Final Exam

Posted by wonderyak
wonderyak
11,167 Points

Aside from scope, is there any reason that I'd _not_ want to declare the enum within the struct?

My solution to the exam/challenge had the enum Status within the struct Task.

Other than losing access to Status due to scope, is there any reason I would not want to declare the enum within the struct? Or, is it irrelevant and just a different way to solve the quiz?

1 Answer

Soojin Ro
Soojin Ro
13,331 Points
Soojin Ro
Soojin Ro
13,331 Points

Losing access to scope is pretty much the whole reason. I think there is no point of declaring enum if no one can use! Of course there might be rare cases where you only need enum within struct but very unlikely.

wonderyak
wonderyak
11,167 Points

Thanks! I figured that was the case but I wasn't sure if there was any other impact to performance or something like that.