EnumTypeChecker is complaining about enum column

[toydestroyer]

Hey there! Me again.

I've identified an issue with the new EnumTypeChecker. We store our enums in enum type columns in postgres. We are using this gem to do so, but it is also available in Rails 7 natively.

Anyway, EnumTypeChecker doesn't like it. But it should be okay and even preferable!

I would actually love to have a checker that complains when you try to store ActiveRecord enums in non-enum columns.

[djezzzl]

Hi @toydestroyer ,

Thank you for sharing this! Indeed I agree this should be improved!

I will fix it ASAP.

[djezzzl]

The issue was released in 1.5.1. Please try it out and let me know if it still stays.

[toydestroyer]

Verified 👍

Thanks for your amazing work @djezzzl! I hope I'll be able to finally contribute at some point 😂

I would actually love to have a checker that complains when you try to store ActiveRecord enums in non-enum columns.

What do you think about this? Shall I open another issue for discussion?

[djezzzl]

Hey @toydestroyer,

I hope I'll be able to finally contribute at some point 😂

You have already contributed a lot! Please keep it going!

What do you think about this? Shall I open another issue for discussion?

I like the idea but we should have sound reasoning for suggesting this. This is an excellent opportunity for comprehensive research. For example, do we save any space on a disk with enums? Or is the querying/filtering/sorting/indexing any faster?

In case we see it has more benefits than disadvantages, I'm all up to have this checker. Would you like to research it and share it?