# 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:** ![tkoolen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tkoolen/32/1603_2.png) [@tkoolen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tkoolen)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-reuse-enum-member-in-different-enum/21342/5 "2019-03-02T19:21:28Z")

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I often just create a tiny module containing only the enum, like [Encapsulating enum access via dot syntax - #2 by mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/encapsulating-enum-access-via-dot-syntax/11785/2).

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