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and to begin with, how do I even write the expression to init the enum class? ```Color("red")``` does not work because `enum types cannot be instantiated`.
And ```Color.valueof("red")``` throws me an `illegal argument exception`

jasonlow: you should use the same string as the constant name

another issue is val name clashes with enum property named "name"

enum class Color(val desc: String) {
    RED("red"),
    GREEN("green"),
    BLUE("blue");

    companion object {
        fun byDesc(desc: String) = values().firstOrNull { it.desc == desc }
    }
}

if you need a different name, not the same as the constant declaration

and then you can ```Color.byDesc("red")```