If we go with your way, then we would have problem like this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/630803/associating-enums-with-strings-in-c-sharp http://stacko

If we go with your way, then we would have problem like this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/630803/associating-enums-with-strings-in-c-sharp http://stackoverflow.com/questions/630803/associating-enums-... The new enum library does more without introducing new syntax, and I think that's a good thing.