[C++-sig] Need help on enum--a concrete example

[Peter Bienstman]

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On Tuesday 10 September 2002 08:04, David Abrahams wrote:
> <<
> From: "Peter Bienstman" <Peter.Bienstman at rug.ac.be>
>
> Small question: is there a trick to pollute the global namespace with the
> constants, such that one can write just 'red' in Python, rather than
> 'choice.red'?
>
> I know it's less clean, but it's easier for the user and ties in better
> with
> Python's weak typing.
>
>
> It doesn't tie in well with Python's "strong namespaceing".
> There is no global namespace in Python. Do you mean that you'd like the
> constants to be in the enclosing scope?

Yep, point taken, that's what I mean.

For backwards compatibility and ease of use, I'd like my users to be able to 
write:

set_polarisation(TE)

rather than

set_polarisation(polarisation.TE)

Is this possible? I'm perfectly fine with being burnt on the stake for being a 
namespace heretic ;-)

Cheers,

Peter
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