I understand that Enums are compiled as constants, so changing them results in a breaking change. What I’m wondering is why weren’t Enums compiled the same way static readonly variables are instead?
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I understand that Enums are compiled as constants, so changing them results in a breaking change. What I’m wondering is why weren’t Enums compiled the same way static readonly variables are instead?
They can be more efficient than fields, so there’s no need to compile them in the same way when they can be directly embedded into the IL.
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