Enums: making a single enum

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 2:46 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> Am I silly for wanting to make a single enum?
>
> I have a three-state flag, True, False or Maybe. Is is confusing or bad
> practice to make a single enum for the Maybe case?
>
>
> from enum import Enum
> class State(Enum):
>     Maybe = 2
>
> Maybe = State.Maybe
> del State
>
> Is there a better way of handling a three-state flag like this?
>

Does it need to have a value of 2? If not:

# Tri-state logic
Maybe = object()

Though I have to say, you picked the wrong name for the third state.
Everyone knows it should be File_Not_Found.

ChrisA