viktorklang

trait Enum { //DIY enum type
  import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference //Concurrency paranoia

  type EnumVal <: Value //This is a type that needs to be found in the implementing class

  private val _values = new AtomicReference(Vector[EnumVal]()) //Stores our enum values

  //Adds an EnumVal to our storage, uses CCAS to make sure it's thread safe, returns the ordinal
  private final def addEnumVal(newVal: EnumVal): Int = { import _values.{get, compareAndSet => CAS}
    val oldVec = get