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0 pointslud_lite11mo ago0 comments

Booleans also force the true/false framing.

E.g. a field called userCannotLoginWithoutOTP.

Then in code "if not userCannotLoginWithoutOTP or otpPresent then..."

Thus may seem easy until you have a few flags to combine and check.

An enum called LoginRequirements with values Password, PasswordAndOTP is one less negation and easier to read.

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For me enums win especially when you consider that you can get help from your environment every time you add/remove stuff. Some languages force you to deal with the changes (i.e. rust) or you could add linter rules for other languages. But you're more likely to catch a problem before it arises, rather than deal with ever increasing bool checks. Makes reasoning about states a lot easier.

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