[Python-ideas] Enums

[Greg Ewing]

Ben Finney wrote:
> Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> writes:
> 
>>Most enums (at least IME) are discrete objects that don't have a
>>natural ordering.
> 
> +1. This is an important property of an enumerated type, IMO.

If you mean that it's important for an enum *not* to have
an ordering, I disagree. There are some use cases that
benefit from having an ordering, and some that don't.
For those that don't, personally I don't care whether
it has an ordering or not.

Raising an exception on ordered comparison could perhaps
be an optional feature, but I wouldn't like it to be the
only option.

-- 
Greg