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question: is there any case where `values()`<https://kotlinlang.org/docs/whatsnew19.html#stable-replacement-of-the-enum-class-values-function|  is preferable to >`enum.entries`  after Kotlin 1.9?

I do not know if this is the proper channel for this, or this is more for potential future changes

The only reason I can think of when you might need `values()` is if you need to call a function that takes an array of enums. If `values()` didn't exist, you'd have to use `entries.toTypedArray()`. However, I think such a use case would be extremely rare.

you aren't losing anything in that case anyway: both `values()` and `entries.toTypedArray()` construct a new `Array&lt;Enum&gt;`

I can imagine that you might not be able to use `entries` if you are a library building with a newer Kotlin while targeting an older Kotlin's API, or expressly want to avoid kotlin-stdlib dependencies for shrinking purposes (e.g. <https://jakewharton.com/shrinking-a-kotlin-binary/>)