[Python-ideas] PEP for enum library type?

[Nick Coghlan]

On 13 Feb 2013 09:11, "Tim Delaney" <timothy.c.delaney at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 13 February 2013 09:56, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
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>> Frankly, enums are not that useful in small programs. For large
>> programs or libraries, and especially for public APIs, the extra cost
>> of defining the enum shouldn't count against them.
>>
>> Let's just import Barry's enums into the stdlib.
>
>
> That's entirely your call. FWIW I probably won't use them, as they fail
to meet my needs for an enum, #1 being not having to specify their values
in any way if I don't want to. Once you get past 3 or 4 values, it's too
easy to miss or reuse a value.

What's wrong with enum.make? That just accepts the sequence of names
namedtuple style, no values specified anywhere.

Cheers,
Nick.

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