Enum class with ToString functionality

J. Cliff Dyer jcd at sdf.lonestar.org
Mon Sep 10 22:55:43 EDT 2007


TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> On Sep 10, 7:12 pm, Ben Finney <bignose+hates-s... at benfinney.id.au>
>  wrote:
>> TheFlyingDutchman <zzbba... at aol.com> writes:
>>>> <URL:http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/enum/>
>> (Please preserve attribution lines so it's clear who wrote what.)
>>
>>
>>> Looking at the documentation it looks excellent. But I don't
>>> understand the 0.4.2 version number,
>> Note the tag that says the "Development Status" is "Beta".
>>
>>> particularly when you refer to it as robust.
>> I assume you're referring to the short description, "Robust
>> enumerated type support in Python".
>>
>> That refers to the implemented type as robust, not the state of
>> the code. That is, the short description should be read as
>> "Support, in Python, for robust enumerated types". It's a
>> description of the package functionality.
>>
>> If, of course, the state of the code is not robust, that's a bug
>> that needs to be fixed; but that's true for any package.
>>
>> -- \     "Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to
>> become a | `\                                   man of value."
>> -Albert Einstein | _o__)
>> | Ben Finney
>
> What is the difference between this version and the 1.0 version?
>

Uh... The 1.0 version is vaporware? 

Cheers,
Cliff




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