Preserve readonly literal values for objects and arrays.
Section: Primitive Types and Annotations
Freeze literals with `as const`
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const statusMap = {
ok: 200,
notFound: 404,
} as const;Explanation
`as const` narrows values to their literal types and makes properties readonly.
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