What do you use as symbols for Python ?
Erik Max Francis
max at alcyone.com
Thu Nov 10 02:40:59 EST 2005
Pierre Barbier de Reuille wrote:
> When you need some symbols in your program, what do you use in Python ?
>
> For example, an object get a state. This state is more readable if
> expressed as a symbols, for example "opened", "closed", "error".
> Typically, in C or C++, I would use an enum for that:
> enum OBJECT_STATE
> {
> opened, closed, error
> }
OPENED, CLOSED, ERROR = range(3)
object.state = OPENED
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