[C++-sig] Need help on enum--a concrete example

[Peter Bienstman]

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On Sunday 08 September 2002 23:41, David Abrahams wrote:
> Nevermind all that; I implemented real enum support ;-).
>
> Now given Min's example enum:
>
>     enum choice { red, blue };
>
> the construct:
>
>     enum_<choice>("choice")
>         .value("red", red)
>         .value("blue", blue)
>         ;
>
> can be used to expose it to Python. The new enum type is created in the
> current scope(), which is usually the current module.
>
> You can access those values in Python as
>
>     >>> extension_module.choice.red
>
>     extension_module.choice.red

Small question: is there a trick to pollute the global namespace with the 
constants, such that one can write just 'red' in Python, rather than 
'choice.red'?

I know it's less clean, but it's easier for the user and ties in better with 
Python's weak typing.

Cheers,

Peter
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