[Python-Dev] [python] Re: functions vs methods (was Re: trunc())

[Michael Foord]

Raymond Hettinger wrote:

[snip..]

P.S.  One place to attach the constants is to the function object, so
we would write:

   x = round(3.1)              # ROUND_TO_EVEN
   x = round(3.1, round.CEIL)
    . . .


Or Python could gain a first class enumeration structure, a type which has
proved useful in other languages. ;-)

Michael Foord

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