Comparing Python enums to Java, was: How much sanity checking is required for function inputs?

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Sun Apr 24 14:12:40 EDT 2016


On 04/24/2016 09:47 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:

> I would normally expect enumerated values to be immutable and
> hashable, but that isn't actually required by the code AIUI. Under
> what circumstances is it useful to have mutable enum values?

Values can be anything.  The names are immutable and hashable.

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~Ethan~




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