[Python-Dev] PEP 435: initial values must be specified? Yes

[Ethan Furman]

On 05/06/2013 10:48 AM, Georg Brandl wrote:
> Am 05.05.2013 22:09, schrieb Ethan Furman:
>
>> About the closest you going to be able to get is something like:
>>
>> def e(_next=[1]):
>>       e, _next[0] = _next[0], _next[0] + 1
>>       return e
>>
>> class Color(Enum):
>>       red = e()
>>       green = e()
>>       blue = e()
>
> Uh, that's surely more nicely spelled as "e = itertools.count()"?

Why, yes, I believe it is.  :)

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~Ethan~