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`EnumType`?

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#181 opened on Oct 14, 2022

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Description

Has anyone used EnumType? ❓ https://hexdocs.pm/enum_type/readme.html

Generates Enumerated type modules 
that can be used as values and matched in code. 
Creates proper types so Dialyzer will be able to check bad calls.

https://hex.pm/packages/enum_type seems like a few people/projects are using it ... 📈 image

https://github.com/onboardingsystems/enum_type image

Thinking of trying it for a feature: https://github.com/dwyl/auth/issues/220 🧑‍💻 But wondering if there is a "standard" way of doing this now in latest Elixir ... 💭

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Explore the EnumType package documentation and examples, and compare with Elixir's standard approaches for enumerated types (like using atoms or modules). Check the linked auth issue for context.
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