[Python-Dev] enum discussion: can someone please summarize open issues?

[Greg Ewing]

Barry Warsaw wrote:
> I still don't get it why this is an issue though, or at least why this is
> different than any other getattr on any other class,

It's not a problem that getattr() has this behaviour.
What I'm questioning is the idea that getattr() should
be the only provided way of doing a name->enum lookup,
because that will require everyone to do extra checks
to ensure safety.

-- 
Greg