Convert enum to custom string values

[glass quartz]

return type is wrong. should be returning []const u8

[viral karma]

instead of having this function, you could use:
https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/std/#A;std:enums.tagName

also, the problem with your function is, that you're expecting a const pointer to an array be returned, string literals in zig are generally considered to be of type:
[N:0]const u8, which can also be coerced to: [N]const u8 and []const u8.

to fix your problem, to use your own function, you could just:

    pub fn toString(self: TokenType) []const u8 {
        const str = switch (self) {
            .Illegal => "illegal",
            .Eof => "eof",
        };
        return str;
    }

[civic oriole]

okay. i change it to that.

using as follows

        try stdout.print("Token: {s}\n", tokenType);```

get this error

        @compileError("expected tuple or struct argument, found " ++ @typeName(ArgsType));
        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
referenced by:
    print__anon_3740: /usr/lib/zig/std/io/writer.zig:28:27
    main: zscript.zig:23:19
    remaining reference traces hidden; use '-freference-trace' to see all reference traces```

[blissful ferry]

Print functions take a tuple as second argument

[civic oriole]

        try stdout.print("Token: {s}\n", .{tokenType});```

[blissful ferry]

Pass it as .{tokenType}

Ye

[civic oriole]

right.. i see

thank you for help