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.

  • samus7070@programming.devOP
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    1 year ago

    Prior to sealed classes, I wished they were more like swift enums that could carry dynamic data and have different associated types per case. Now if I want that, I can do that with a sealed class. It’s still nice to have smarter enums if I need a little extra smarts and want to keep the logic close to the enum.