[Python-Dev] Enum conversions in the stdlib

[Ethan Furman]

On 03/03/2017 02:35 AM, Guyzmo wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 04:13:17PM -0800, Ethan Furman wrote:

>> The resulting enumeration is neither in alpha nor value order.  While this
>> has no bearing on programmatic usage I would like these Enums to be ordered,
>> preferably by value.
>>
>> Would anyone prefer lexicographical ordering, and if so, why?
>
> I just tried on my system with python 3.6:
>
> ```
>>>> pprint(list(signal.Signals))
> [<Signals.SIGHUP: 1>,
>   <Signals.SIGINT: 2>,
>   <Signals.SIGQUIT: 3>,
>   <Signals.SIGILL: 4>,
>   <Signals.SIGTRAP: 5>,
>   <Signals.SIGABRT: 6>,
>   <Signals.SIGBUS: 7>,
>   <Signals.SIGFPE: 8>,
>   <Signals.SIGKILL: 9>,
>   <Signals.SIGUSR1: 10>,
>   <Signals.SIGSEGV: 11>,
>   <Signals.SIGUSR2: 12>,
>   <Signals.SIGPIPE: 13>,
>   <Signals.SIGALRM: 14>,
>   <Signals.SIGTERM: 15>,
>   <Signals.SIGCHLD: 17>,
>   <Signals.SIGCONT: 18>,
>   <Signals.SIGSTOP: 19>,
>   <Signals.SIGTSTP: 20>,
>   <Signals.SIGTTIN: 21>,
>   <Signals.SIGTTOU: 22>,
>   <Signals.SIGURG: 23>,
>   <Signals.SIGXCPU: 24>,
>   <Signals.SIGXFSZ: 25>,
>   <Signals.SIGVTALRM: 26>,
>   <Signals.SIGPROF: 27>,
>   <Signals.SIGWINCH: 28>,
>   <Signals.SIGIO: 29>,
>   <Signals.SIGPWR: 30>,
>   <Signals.SIGSYS: 31>,
>   <Signals.SIGRTMIN: 34>,
>   <Signals.SIGRTMAX: 64>]
> ```
>
> so I'm not sure what the issue is, but #worksforme.

Ah, I see I tried it on 3.5 -- oops.

Thanks for the clarification!

--
~Ethan~