[Python-ideas] Should nested classes in an Enum be Enum members?

[Ivan Levkivskyi]

Replying to the list this time.

On 27 June 2018 at 15:46, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> [...]
> So I'm asking the community:  What real-world examples can you offer for
> either behavior?  Cases where nested classes should be enum members, and
> cases where nested classes should not be members.
>

I wanted few times to make an enum of enums. For example:

class  Method(Enum):
    Powell = 1
    Newton_CG = 2
    <few more>
    class Trust(Enum):
        Constr = 3
        Exact = 4
        <few more>

So that one can write:

minimize(..., method=Method.Powell)
minimize(..., method=Method.Trust.Exact)  # this currently fails

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Ivan
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