>
> 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
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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 <rdmurray@bitdance.com> wrote:
On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:19:29 -0400, Davis Silverman <sinistersnare@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

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