[issue18720] Switch suitable constants in the socket module to IntEnum

[Eli Bendersky]

Eli Bendersky added the comment:

On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Ethan Furman <report at bugs.python.org>wrote:

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> Ethan Furman added the comment:
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> Eli Bendersky added the comment:
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> > Another issue is _intenum_converter. Ethan - do you think it belongs in
> the enum module as a helper function or something of the sort?
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> I'm fine with it being a non-public member of enum, although if we had a
> place for miscellaneous tools that might be a
> better spot for it.
>

For the time being, I'm OK with Guido's suggestion to keep it lazy. As long
as it's just being used in a single module, there's not much to think
about. If we end up needing it when switching other modules, we'll see what
to do.

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