Why enums in 0.79?

[frattaro]

I didn't really understand the comments in the release notes. I don't understand why you couldn't do this:

export namespace UserProfile {
  export type status =
    | "Active"
    | "Inactive"
    | "Invited - Pending"
    | "Not Invited";
}

instead of what 0.79 produces:

export namespace UserProfile {
  export enum status {
    ACTIVE = "Active",
    INACTIVE = "Inactive",
    INVITED___PENDING = "Invited - Pending",
    NOT_INVITED = "Not Invited"
  }
}