# Cannot reuse enum member in different enum

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-reuse-enum-member-in-different-enum/21342
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** enum
**Created:** [March 1, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-reuse-enum-member-in-different-enum/21342 "2019-03-01T13:02:47Z")
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### Author: ![airpmb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/airpmb/32/7826_2.png) [@airpmb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/airpmb)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-reuse-enum-member-in-different-enum/21342/3 "2019-03-02T15:08:46Z")

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Check out [Encapsulating enum access via dot syntax - #4 by quinnj](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/encapsulating-enum-access-via-dot-syntax/11785/4) for a workaround (don’t miss the note at the bottom about Julia 1.0).

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