[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r86633 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/library/inspect.rst Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst Lib/inspect.py Lib/test/test_inspect.py Misc/NEWS

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:08:36 +0100
Hrvoje Niksic <hrvoje.niksic at avl.com> wrote:
> On 11/22/2010 04:37 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> > +1.  The problem with int constants is that the int gets printed, not
> > the name, when you dump them for debugging purposes :)
> 
> Well, it's trivial to subclass int to something with a nicer __repr__. 
> PyGTK uses that technique for wrapping C enums:

Nice. It might be useful to add a private _Constant class somewhere for
stdlib purposes.

Regards

Antoine.