[Python-ideas] Enums

[Ben Finney]

Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> writes:

> Most enums (at least IME) are discrete objects that don't have a
> natural ordering.

+1. This is an important property of an enumerated type, IMO.

The fact that ‘bool’ disagrees (‘False < True’) is an artifact of its
history, and is not relevant for an argument for orderable EnumValues.

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Ben Finney
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