Hacker News with Generative AI: Enums

In Defence of TypeScript Enums (yazanalaboudi.dev)
In the past few years, there’s been a growing trend of criticizing TypeScript’s enum feature.

TypeScript, Programming, Software Development, Enums

18 points by romellem 1 day ago | 5 comments

An ode to TypeScript enums (disintegrator.dev)
It’s official, folks. TypeScript 5.8 is out bringing with it the --erasableSyntaxOnly flag and the nail in the coffin for many of the near-primordial language features like Enums and Namespaces. Node.js v23 joined Deno and Bun in adding support for running TypeScript files withouth a build step. The one true limitation is that only files containing erasable TypeScript syntax are supported. Since Enums and Namespaces (ones holding values) violate that rule since they are transpiled to JavaScript objects.

TypeScript, JavaScript, Programming Languages, Software Development, Enums

57 points by disintegrator 31 days ago | 67 comments

TypeScript enums: use cases and alternatives (2ality.com)
In this blog post, we take a closer look at TypeScript enums:

TypeScript, Programming, Enums

177 points by mariuz 73 days ago | 142 comments

Reflection in C++26: Metafunctions for Enums and Classes (modernescpp.com)
Today, I continue my journey through reflection in C++26 and play with enums and classes.