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Discussion on: We don't have to use Enums on TypeScript? 【Discussion】

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Taishi

This is cool. I just prefer Union types but this is great if this Enums gets stripped out when compiling! Thanks @nikolaymatrosov !

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FirstWhack • Edited

You can't index a union type unless you're creating a lookup table based on the union so "prefer unions" is simply unviable. This is what TS does but TS can remove that lookup at compile time for "const" Enums.

Don't reinvent core features.