[Python-Dev] Enum: subclassing? (original) (raw)

Eli Bendersky eliben at gmail.com
Thu May 2 17:58:07 CEST 2013


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:

On May 01, 2013, at 03:11 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:

>The reason int is there is because pure Enums should be using plain ints >as their value 95% or more of the time, and being able to easily convert to a >real int for either database storage, wire transmission, or C functions is a >Good Thing. But then, Foo.a.value is good enough.

int is out of Enum, Barry. You're preaching to the choir now ;-)

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