[Python-Dev] mention aenum in the Enum docs? (original) (raw)

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Wed May 10 22:29:58 EDT 2017

On 05/10/2017 05:50 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 10:05:43AM -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:

A comment on a recent SO answer [1] wondered why my aenum library wasn't mentioned in the docs to help guide people that needed/wanted more advanced Enum options to it. I know that the std lib is where good modules go to die :-) Is the aenum module feature complete? Is it ready to die move to the std lib?

No, it is still under active development.

Pros: - drop-in replacement for the stdlib Enum - has many advanced features such as - auto init building - multi-value members - duplicate value but non-aliasing members - etc. Those three advanced features sound useful. Is there a reason enum doesn't support them?

New features go to aenum first for experimentation and bug squashing. After I'm happy with them, thay /may/ go to the standard library.

Even if all the features end up in the stdlib (unlikely), it would still be a useful recommendation as aenum works as far back as 2.7, possibly further).

-- Ethan

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