[Python-Dev] Enum Eccentricities
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Mon Sep 23 06:25:23 CEST 2013
On Sunday, September 22, 2013, Zero Piraeus wrote:
> I may be misunderstanding the use case given in the issue, but it seems
> to me that having to use
>
> Color.red.__class__.blue
>
> (what is being complained about in the issue), while not exactly pretty,
> makes a lot more semantic sense than
>
> Color.red.blue
>
> ... which is just bizarre.
Right.
> Enum members aren't class attributes, even if the way they're defined
> makes them look as though they are. Allowing this is just asking for
> more confusion on the part of anyone using them IMHO.
>
Depends on how you define "class sttribute".
--Guido
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