How to get the name of enumeration value in Swift? -

if have enumeration raw integer values:

enum city: int {   case melbourne = 1, chelyabinsk, bursa }  let city = city.melbourne 

how can convert city value string melbourne? kind of type name introspection available in language?

something (this code not work):

println("your city \(city.magicfunction)") > city melbourne 

as of xcode 7 beta 5 can print type names , enum cases default using print(_:), or convert string using string's init(_:) initializer or string interpolation syntax. example:

enum city: int {     case melbourne = 1, chelyabinsk, bursa } let city = city.melbourne  print(city) // prints "melbourne"  let cityname = "\(city)"   // or `let cityname = string(city)` // cityname contains "melbourne" 

so there no longer need define & maintain convenience function switches on each case return string literal. in addition, works automatically enum, if no raw-value type specified.

debugprint(_:) & string(reflecting:) can used fully-qualified name:

debugprint(city) // prints "app.city.melbourne" (or similar, depending on full scope)  let citydebugname = string(reflecting: city) // citydebugname contains "app.city.melbourne" 

note can customise printed in each of these scenarios:

extension city: customstringconvertible {     var description: string {         return "city \(rawvalue)"     } }  print(city) // prints "city 1"  extension city: customdebugstringconvertible {     var debugdescription: string {         return "city (rawvalue: \(rawvalue))"     } }  debugprint(city) // prints "city (rawvalue: 1)" 

(i haven't found way call "default" value, example, print "the city melbourne" without resorting switch statement. using \(self) in implementation of description/debugdescription causes infinite recursion.)

comments above string's init(_:) & init(reflecting:) initializers describe printed, depending on reflected type conforms to:

extension string {     /// initialize `self` textual representation of `instance`.     ///     /// * if `t` conforms `streamable`, result obtained     ///   calling `instance.writeto(s)` on empty string s.     /// * otherwise, if `t` conforms `customstringconvertible`,     ///   result `instance`'s `description`     /// * otherwise, if `t` conforms `customdebugstringconvertible`,     ///   result `instance`'s `debugdescription`     /// * otherwise, unspecified result supplied automatically     ///   swift standard library.     ///     /// - seealso: `string.init<t>(reflecting: t)`     public init<t>(_ instance: t)      /// initialize `self` detailed textual representation of     /// `subject`, suitable debugging.     ///     /// * if `t` conforms `customdebugstringconvertible`, result     ///   `subject`'s `debugdescription`.     ///     /// * otherwise, if `t` conforms `customstringconvertible`, result     ///   `subject`'s `description`.     ///     /// * otherwise, if `t` conforms `streamable`, result     ///   obtained calling `subject.writeto(s)` on empty string s.     ///     /// * otherwise, unspecified result supplied automatically     ///   swift standard library.     ///     /// - seealso: `string.init<t>(t)`     public init<t>(reflecting subject: t) } 

see release notes info change.