Re: [Python-Dev] enum discussion: can someone please summarize open issues?

Guido van Rossum wrote:

(2a. We could also allow Color('red') is Color.red, but that could be confusing, and we can already do that with getattr(Color, 'red'),

That doesn't quite give you the same thing. Presumably Color('__str__') would be expected to raise a ValueError, for example. -- Greg