[Python-Dev] PEP 435 -- Adding an Enum type to the Python standard library

[Barry Warsaw]

On Apr 21, 2013, at 03:25 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

>Agreed. I think the stdlib enum library should use __prepare__ and
>iterate in definition order (since 2.x compatibility isn't of any
>concern), while flufl.enum can use "sorted by name" as the iteration
>order.
>
>An "order_by_name" keyword argument to __prepare__ in the stdlib
>version could then allow the user to opt in to the flufl.enum
>behaviour, while still using definition order by default.

Seriously, why all the extra complexity for something you'll never care about?

You don't care about the exact contents of __repr__ as long as it's
predictable.  You don't really care about item iteration order either as long
as it's defined.  Sorting by attribute name fulfills both use cases *and* it's
simple.  Zen 3 FTW.

-Barry