What do you use as symbols for Python ?

[George Sakkis]

"Erik Max Francis" <max at alcyone.com> wrote:

> Pierre Barbier de Reuille wrote:
>
> > When you need some symbols in your program, what do you use in Python ?
> >
> > For example, an object get a state. This state is more readable if
> > expressed as a symbols, for example "opened", "closed", "error".
> > Typically, in C or C++, I would use an enum for that:
> > enum OBJECT_STATE
> > {
> >   opened, closed, error
> > }
>
> OPENED, CLOSED, ERROR = range(3)
>
> object.state = OPENED

Or if you want something closer to real enumerations, there are several
recipes in the cookbook.
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/413486 seems to
be pretty good according to the ratings.

George