[Python-Dev] Enumeration items: mixed types? (original) (raw)

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Tue Apr 30 17:58:02 CEST 2013

On 04/29/2013 05:38 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:

Ethan Furman wrote:

I suppose the other option is to have .value be whatever was assigned (1, 'really big country', and (8273.199, 517) ), I thought that was the intention all along, and that we'd given up on the idea of auto-assigning integer values (because it would require either new syntax or extremely dark magic).

Not that dark, actually -- just a little dim. ;)

I just had it stuck in my head that every enum item would have an integer associated with it, and possibly have another value as well.

So, for example:

--> class Constants(float, Enum): ... e = 2.81843 # am I close? ... pi = 3.141596 ... tau = 2 * pi

I cannot do

--> Constants(2)

and get pi. I have to do

--> Constants(3.141596)

and given the nature of floating point I can see that failing at some, er, point.

Likewise, if I have normal, but jumbled, Enum:

--> class Jumble(Enum): ... eggs = 1 ... method = 'scramble' ... cost = 2.5

then to get method back I have to use

--> Jumble('scramble')

It just seems odd to me. Oh, and it would seem just as odd using getitem. ;)

-- Ethan

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