[Python-Dev] PyPy, Jython, & IronPython: Enum convenience function and pickleablity (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Thu May 2 23:28:21 CEST 2013

On Thu, 2 May 2013 14:15:40 -0700 Eli Bendersky <eliben at gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry, but I do find the argument "let's not have a convenience syntax because enums created with such syntax won't pickle properly from within a debugger" not convincing enough :-)

Eli, it would be nice if you stopped with this claim.

I'm not advocating "not having a convenience syntax", I'm advocating having a convenience syntax which is class-based rather than function-based.

Debuggers are beside the point: there are two kinds of "convenience syntax" on the table; one allows pickling by construction, one requires an ugly hack which may not solve all cases (and which may apparently make Jython / IronPython mildly unhappy). Why you insist on ignoring the former and imposing the latter is beyond me.

Regards you

Antoine.

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