Enumerations, often abbreviated by enum, are special class types that allow a limited number of constants to be represented. Why use an enum rather than a class? Enum makes it possible to represent a limited number of constants, allowing better reada...

Here’s a nice simple article explaining enhanced enums that have been around for a while but may be something overlooked. Between these and sealed classes I think Dart has an excellent story for pattern matching.

  • anlumo@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I’ve yet to find a single use case for enhanced enums. It also doesn’t help that freezed doesn’t support them.

    • Rexios@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      How exactly does freezed not support them? All data on an enhanced enum is static.

        • Rexios@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          I’m not sure enhanced enums do what you think they do if you expect freezed to generate anything for them besides what json_serializable generates for regular enums

          • anlumo@feddit.deEnglish
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            1 year ago

            The whole point of the discussion is that enhanced enums don’t do anything in practice.