What is the difference between MyEnum.Item.ToString() and nameof(MyEnum.Item)?

Question

MyEnum.Item.ToString();
nameof(MyEnum.Item);

Which style is preferred? Is there any practical difference between the two?

Answer 1

If you're not obfuscating your code, pretty much the same... the moment you obfuscate your code however, ToString() will likely produce garbage, while nameof() will retrieve the name you requested / expected.

More info on MSDN