[Python-Dev] PEP 435 -- Adding an Enum type to the Python standard library
Steven D'Aprano
steve at pearwood.info
Sun Apr 21 16:06:11 CEST 2013
On 21/04/13 15:33, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> The PEP is fine, as it already allows duplicate names without encouraging them:
>
> class Insect(Enum):
> wasp = 1 # Preferred. Use this in new code.
> bee = 2
> ant = 3
> # Backwards compatibility aliases
> Insect.wsap = Insect.wasp
Hmmm, I must have missed this.
That satisfies my use-cases. Objection withdrawn.
--
Steven
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