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you could make a sub for each enum-type: 
    sub BLUE    { 1 }
    sub RED        { 2 }
    sub GREEN    { 3 }

    ...

    print "Green" if $color == GREEN;
    print "Blue" if $color == BLUE;

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it's not very practical if you have alot of types,
but just a few would work.

-- ar0n

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RE: Re: Enum
by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Jun 20, 2000 at 22:00 UTC
    There is also a 'constant' module for defining constants in a similar (and perhaps more readable) fashion. Set them to powers of 2 and you can even use AND/OR operations on variables using them.
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