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

Barry Warsaw wrote:

I still don't get it why this is an issue though, or at least why this is different than any other getattr on any other class,

It's not a problem that getattr() has this behaviour. What I'm questioning is the idea that getattr() should be the only provided way of doing a name->enum lookup, because that will require everyone to do extra checks to ensure safety. -- Greg