Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> writes: > On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: >> While this will certainly work, it means you can't have class variables that >> happen to be the same type as the enum -- so no int in an IntEnum, for >> example. >> >> The solution I like best is the helper class (called, originally enough, >> enum), and only those items get transformed: >> >> class Planet(IntEnum): >> MERCURY = enum(1) >> VENUS = enum(2) >> EARTH = enum(3) >> rough_pi = 3 # not transformed > > If this means that the most plain vanilla enum definition still has to > use the enum(i) notation, I'm against it.
I think this is actually a big advantage. It makes it obvious that something special is going on without having to know that IntEnum uses a special metaclass. Best, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C _______________________________________________ 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/archive%40mail-archive.com
