[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

[Michael Foord]

On 22/11/2010 16:24, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> 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.
Why not just solve the problem properly and add it to the standard 
library... (Allowing for flag enums too that can be or'd together and 
still have a decent repr.)

Michael

> Regards
>
> Antoine.
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