I've got enums on top of enums, and then some more traits for those enums… it's getting unwieldy





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So I have an enum wrapping an enum, but I have another enum talking about what that enum is.



Which makes for a confusing English sentence, so here's an example.



I got one enum:



enum Example {
A(Something),
B{ structfield: K },
C(Gamma, Third),
D(InsertSomethingElseCrazyHereThatCantImplementANYTraitsCauseReasons),
}


Which is all fine and dandy, but I needed another way to categorize them and compare the categories without matching. I also needed to pass along Examples without fields, and then I realized that I should probably use an enum describing my enum, so I ended up doing this:



#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, YouGetThePoint)]
enum ExampleCategory {
A, B, C, D
}


Then, cause I wanna easily go from Example to ExampleCategory:



impl From<Example> for ExampleCategory {
fn from(e: Example) {
match e {
Example::A(_) => ExampleCategory::A
Example::B{..} => ExampleCategory::B
Example::C(_,_,_) => ExampleCategory::C,
Example::D(_) => ExampleCategory::D
}
}
}


So now, every time I need to add an Example, I end up needing to change code in three different places, and if I want a new trait... etc. Also, if theSomethinginExample::A` were another kind of this enum. *shudders



I think I made my point on why this is probably a bad idea.



I'm 90% positive there's a better way to do this (that doesn't involve macros since I don't even know how I would go about doing that). How would I change this to be more DRY/better? Since the Example enum is actually a part of a larger issue.










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    So I have an enum wrapping an enum, but I have another enum talking about what that enum is.



    Which makes for a confusing English sentence, so here's an example.



    I got one enum:



    enum Example {
    A(Something),
    B{ structfield: K },
    C(Gamma, Third),
    D(InsertSomethingElseCrazyHereThatCantImplementANYTraitsCauseReasons),
    }


    Which is all fine and dandy, but I needed another way to categorize them and compare the categories without matching. I also needed to pass along Examples without fields, and then I realized that I should probably use an enum describing my enum, so I ended up doing this:



    #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, YouGetThePoint)]
    enum ExampleCategory {
    A, B, C, D
    }


    Then, cause I wanna easily go from Example to ExampleCategory:



    impl From<Example> for ExampleCategory {
    fn from(e: Example) {
    match e {
    Example::A(_) => ExampleCategory::A
    Example::B{..} => ExampleCategory::B
    Example::C(_,_,_) => ExampleCategory::C,
    Example::D(_) => ExampleCategory::D
    }
    }
    }


    So now, every time I need to add an Example, I end up needing to change code in three different places, and if I want a new trait... etc. Also, if theSomethinginExample::A` were another kind of this enum. *shudders



    I think I made my point on why this is probably a bad idea.



    I'm 90% positive there's a better way to do this (that doesn't involve macros since I don't even know how I would go about doing that). How would I change this to be more DRY/better? Since the Example enum is actually a part of a larger issue.










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      So I have an enum wrapping an enum, but I have another enum talking about what that enum is.



      Which makes for a confusing English sentence, so here's an example.



      I got one enum:



      enum Example {
      A(Something),
      B{ structfield: K },
      C(Gamma, Third),
      D(InsertSomethingElseCrazyHereThatCantImplementANYTraitsCauseReasons),
      }


      Which is all fine and dandy, but I needed another way to categorize them and compare the categories without matching. I also needed to pass along Examples without fields, and then I realized that I should probably use an enum describing my enum, so I ended up doing this:



      #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, YouGetThePoint)]
      enum ExampleCategory {
      A, B, C, D
      }


      Then, cause I wanna easily go from Example to ExampleCategory:



      impl From<Example> for ExampleCategory {
      fn from(e: Example) {
      match e {
      Example::A(_) => ExampleCategory::A
      Example::B{..} => ExampleCategory::B
      Example::C(_,_,_) => ExampleCategory::C,
      Example::D(_) => ExampleCategory::D
      }
      }
      }


      So now, every time I need to add an Example, I end up needing to change code in three different places, and if I want a new trait... etc. Also, if theSomethinginExample::A` were another kind of this enum. *shudders



      I think I made my point on why this is probably a bad idea.



      I'm 90% positive there's a better way to do this (that doesn't involve macros since I don't even know how I would go about doing that). How would I change this to be more DRY/better? Since the Example enum is actually a part of a larger issue.










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      So I have an enum wrapping an enum, but I have another enum talking about what that enum is.



      Which makes for a confusing English sentence, so here's an example.



      I got one enum:



      enum Example {
      A(Something),
      B{ structfield: K },
      C(Gamma, Third),
      D(InsertSomethingElseCrazyHereThatCantImplementANYTraitsCauseReasons),
      }


      Which is all fine and dandy, but I needed another way to categorize them and compare the categories without matching. I also needed to pass along Examples without fields, and then I realized that I should probably use an enum describing my enum, so I ended up doing this:



      #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, YouGetThePoint)]
      enum ExampleCategory {
      A, B, C, D
      }


      Then, cause I wanna easily go from Example to ExampleCategory:



      impl From<Example> for ExampleCategory {
      fn from(e: Example) {
      match e {
      Example::A(_) => ExampleCategory::A
      Example::B{..} => ExampleCategory::B
      Example::C(_,_,_) => ExampleCategory::C,
      Example::D(_) => ExampleCategory::D
      }
      }
      }


      So now, every time I need to add an Example, I end up needing to change code in three different places, and if I want a new trait... etc. Also, if theSomethinginExample::A` were another kind of this enum. *shudders



      I think I made my point on why this is probably a bad idea.



      I'm 90% positive there's a better way to do this (that doesn't involve macros since I don't even know how I would go about doing that). How would I change this to be more DRY/better? Since the Example enum is actually a part of a larger issue.







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