[Python-ideas] Optional static typing -- the crossroads

[Guido van Rossum]

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> On 08/15/2014 11:56 AM, Ryan Hiebert wrote:
>
>>
>> Getting an item from a class has no meaning for any classes that I’ve
>> ever used, and I haven’t come up with any hypothetical one that would want
>> to do that.
>>
>
> --> class Foo(Enum):
> ...    spam = 'meat flavored'
> ...    eggs = 'chicken by-product'
> ...
> --> Foo
> <enum 'Foo'>
>
> --> Foo['spam']
> <Foo.spam: 'meat flavored'>
>

That's a little unfortunate, but I don't think it's harmful, as I don't
expect a use case for parametrized enums. :-)

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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