[Python-Dev] PEP 435 -- Adding an Enum type to the Python standard library (original) (raw)
Dirkjan Ochtman dirkjan at ochtman.nl
Fri Apr 12 15:31:12 CEST 2013
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On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Eli Bendersky <eliben at gmail.com> wrote:
Ordered comparisons between enumeration values are not supported. Enums are not integers (but see
IntEnumbelow)::>>> Colors.red < Colors.blue_ _Traceback (most recent call last):_ _..._ _NotImplementedError_ _>>> Colors.red <= Colors.blue_ _Traceback (most recent call last):_ _..._ _NotImplementedError_ _>>> Colors.blue > Colors.green Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotImplementedError >>> Colors.blue >= Colors.green Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotImplementedError
I like much of this PEP, but the exception type for this case seems odd to me. Wouldn't a TypeError be more appropriate here?
Somewhat like this:
'a' - 'b' Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'str' and 'str'
Cheers,
Dirkjan
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