Ethan Furman added the comment:

Eli Bendersky added the comment:
>
> So let's stop trying to make enums even more alien. This is a non-issue in 
> Python.

Enumerations are supposed to be constant.  Since this is Python there is 
actually very little that cannot be changed, 
but we can make objects better reflect our intent.

For Enum members Guido had me change the `value` and `name` attributes to 
properties because the value and name should 
also be constant.  Can they still be changed?  Yes, but you have to know what 
you're doing.  (Enum.member._name_ = ... )

I'm proposing we do the same thing for the Enum class that we did for the Enum 
member.

To me, an Enumeration that lets you change its constants higgledy-piggledy is 
way more alien than one that tries to 
stay, um, /constant/.

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