[Python-ideas] constant/enum type in stdlib

[Greg Ewing]

Cameron Simpson wrote:
> How about this:
> 
>   Color = enum(RED=None, WHITE=None, BLUE=None, yellow=9)

You see, this is the problem -- there are quite a number
of these solutions, all about as good as each other, with
none of them standing out as obviously the right choice
for stdlib inclusion.

Michael Foord's solution has promise, though, as it manages
to eliminate *all* of the extraneous cruft and look almost
like it's built into the language.

Plus it has the bonus of making you go "...??? How the
blazes does *that* work?" the first time you see it. :-)

-- 
Greg