>* EXCEPT IF I WANT TO USE AN ENUM/TYPE AS A KEY IN AN DICT WHICH I REALLY WANT TO DO!! It's better just to use an actual array for enums: myEnum = ["E1", "E2

>* EXCEPT IF I WANT TO USE AN ENUM/TYPE AS A KEY IN AN DICT WHICH I REALLY WANT TO DO!! It's better just to use an actual array for enums: myEnum = ["E1", "E2"...] as const type myEnum = typeof myEnum[number] That gets you both an enum type and an enum array you can use at runtime