i agree with that, and good point, i guess i misunderstood. enums could be a nice edition, i cant wait to see how this goes.
--Sinistersnare On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:23 AM, R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com>wrote: > On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:19:29 -0400, Davis Silverman < > sinistersn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think the reason they are not supporting __lt__, __gt__,etc. is because > > ints are optional values for enums, therefore it wouldnt be a good idea > to > > compare enums of different types in that way. > > > > example: > > > > >>>class MyEnum(Enum): > > >>> fir = 1 > > >>> sec = 2 > > >>> thir = "THIRD!" > > > > and doing > > > > >>> MyEnum.fir >= MyEnum.thir > > would give unexpected results, therefore not making it a great idea > > That's why I included the bit about iterating the values. The ordering > *is* defined. I find it much more surprising for that ordering to > be inaccessible via the comparison operators. > > I think either the iteration order should be undefined (like a set > or dict), or the comparison operations should work. I'd prefer > the latter, because of the use case I outlined. > > --David > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/sinistersnare%40gmail.com >
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