> the thing about enumeration is you can ensure that you do an exhaustive handling of all cases in a switch statement. You’re thinking of sum types, or at leas

> the thing about enumeration is you can ensure that you do an exhaustive handling of all cases in a switch statement. You’re thinking of sum types, or at least something like what Pascal has which is a variant on sum types only with support for integer tags. That’s not a property of enumeration. Enumeration is simply about numbering. Literally the dictionary definition.