Instead of implementing 4 comparison methods, I suggest using total_ordering:

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from functools import total_ordering @total_ordering ... class OrderedEnum(Enum): ... def __gt__(self, other): ... if self.__class__ is other.__class__: ... return self.value > other.value ... return NotImplemented ...

I believe the reader needn't be famiiar with total_ordering() to understand what's going on here. elazar