[Python-Dev] Purpose of Doctests [Was: Best practices for Enum] (original) (raw)
Ned Batchelder ned at nedbatchelder.com
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On 5/19/2013 7:22 PM, Mark Janssen wrote:
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com> wrote:
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On 05/19/2013 10:48 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: Anyway, if you're doing arithmetic on enums you're doing it wrong. Hmm, bitwise operations, even? I think it's rather pointless to do bitwise operations on python enums. We're not that close to the machine.
It makes sense if the enums represent bit-oriented values that will be used close to the machine. Python is used in many disciplines.
--Ned.
MarkJ Tacoma, Washington
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