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Exhaustiveness of enums

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exhaustiveness request
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Description

I may be misunderstanding the patterns feature. Should the following code work?

```dart
enum ABC { a, b, c }

void main() {
switch (ABC.a) {
case ABC.a:
print('a');
case != ABC.a:
print('b or c');
}
}
```

Currently, on `stable` and `master`, I get the following analyzer error:

```console
line 4 • The type 'ABC' is not exhaustively matched by the switch cases since it doesn't match 'ABC.b'.[ (view docs)](https://dart.dev/diagnostics/non_exhaustive_switch_statement)
Try adding a default case or cases that match 'ABC.b'.
```

https://dartpad.dev/?channel=master&id=d02674134c44882884c661d5a4e9b524

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Research direction

Reproduce the enum switch example on stable and master, using the linked DartPad and the reported non_exhaustive_switch_statement diagnostic as the starting points. Check whether `case != ABC.a` is intended to cover the remaining enum values; done means the expected exhaustiveness behavior is decided and the analyzer result is consistent with it.

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Assessment

Tech stack
dart
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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