PEP 354: Enumerations in Python

Paul Rubin http
Mon Feb 27 19:09:21 EST 2006


"I V" <wrongbad at gmail.com> writes:
> I think it does, doesn't it? From the PEP:
> 
> "Values within an enumeration cannot be meaningfully compared *except
> with values from the same enumeration*.  The comparison operation
> functions return ``NotImplemented`` [#CMP-NOTIMPLEMENTED]_ when a
> value from an enumeration is compared against any value not from the
> same enumeration or of a different type." (my emphasis)

Oh ok, thanks.  I didn't understand this before.  The link from the
footnote explains it.



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