The suggested alternative looks overly complex to me. Moreover, it uses the `__proto__` property that is deprecated [0] and never was standardized. I could writ

The suggested alternative looks overly complex to me. Moreover, it uses the `__proto__` property that is deprecated [0] and never was standardized. I could write something like this instead: type MyEnum = typeof MyEnum[keyof typeof MyEnum]; const MyEnum = { A: 0, B: 1, } as const; Unfortunately I found it still more verbose and less intuitive than: enum MyEnum { A = 0, B = 1, } TypeScript enum are also more type-safe than regular union types because they are "nominally typed": values from one enum are not assignable to a variable with a distinct enum type. This is why I'm still using TypeScript enum, even if I really dislike the generated code and the provided features (enum extensions, value bindings `MyEnum[0] == 0`). Also, some bundlers such as ESbuil are able to inline some TypeScript enum. This makes TypeScript enum superior on this regard. In a parallel world, I could like the latter to be a syntaxic sugar to the former. There were some discussions [1] for adopting a new syntax like: const MyEnum = { A: 0, A: 1, } as enum; [0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/proto https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe... [1] https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/59658 https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/59658