[RFC] Import enums in the browser

[JustinVoitel]

It would be nice if genql would generate a object alongside the type definition for enums. This would enable to iterate over enums to easily display them in the browser

1. Lets say I have a schema.graphql that looks something like this

...
enum UserRole {
  Admin
  Trusted
  Untrusted
  User
}
...

2. Now genql would generate something like this for the enum in schema.ts:

...
export const UserRole: {
  Admin: 'Admin',
  User: 'User',
  Trusted: 'Trusted',
  Untrusted: 'Untrusted'
};

export type UserRole = (typeof UserRole)[keyof typeof UserRole]
...

instead of what its currently doing:

export type UserRole = 'Admin' | 'Trusted' | 'Untrusted' | 'User'

3. This would enable me to do something like this client-side:

let userRole: UserRole = "Admin"

Object.values(UserRole).map(role => {
  console.log(role);
})

Very minimal but I hope you get the point ^^

Maybe make this feature configurable so its disabled by default ?
Please tell me what you think :)

[remorses]

Yes this is a good idea, in the meantime you can do this

[GavinRay97]

Why about a regular Typescript enum?
It's nearly identical to:

export const UserRole: {
  Admin: 'Admin',
  User: 'User',
  Trusted: 'Trusted',
  Untrusted: 'Untrusted'
};

export type UserRole = (typeof UserRole)[keyof typeof UserRole]