Name conflicts with String and Enum

[Arialdo Martini]

When using this library, there is often the need to specify

using String = System.String;
using Enum = System.Enum;

because the library defines String and Enum, which conflict with the respective classes in System.

The two classes are meant to host some helper functions.

Maybe they can be renamed to avoid name conflicts?

[Enrico]

I personally prefer and would recommend to use the lowercase keywords string and enum to refer to System.String and System.Enum. This is common practice and avoids the naming conflicts you mention.

[Arialdo Martini]

I also have the same preference.
But I tried to adopt your library on some existing, huge code where String and Enum were used, and it gave me tons of conflict.
I keep thinking that using conflicting names is an unfortunate choice.

[Enrico]

I can see your point, and did take this into consideration when I first wrote the code. Ultimately, this is a pedagogical library that aims to illustrate the ideas shown in the book, so I opted for the most readable names, even if this frustrates some real-world scenarios such as what you describe. Also note that "static extension methods" (i.e.: adding static methods to existing classes, allowing you to invoke, say, `System.String.MyCustomMethod`) is among the possible future features of C#, and would cater precisely for this kind of scenario.

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