[Python-ideas] PEP for enum library type?

[Eric Snow]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently at gmail.com> wrote:
> At the same time, Steven D'Aprano's proposition of "the underlying
> value is irrelevant" and "must be bitwise comparable" appeals to me.
> If the underlying values matter then I'd call it a "constant" rather
> than an "enum".  A proper enum type would remove the temptation to use
> the underlying value.

Here's an implementation of what I'm talking about:

http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578455/

Each enum value is simply an object and not backed by any underlying
value.  The bitwise operators are implemented.  The implementation is
a little rough, but hopefully gets the idea across.

-eric