On Nov 27, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Glenn Linderman wrote: > On 11/27/2010 2:51 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> >> Not quite. I'm suggesting a factory function that works for any value, >> and derives the parent class from the type of the supplied value. > > Nick, thanks for the much better implementation than I achieved; you seem to > have the same goals as my implementation. I learned a bit making mine, > and more understanding yours to some degree. What I still don't understand > about your implementation, is that when adding one additional line to your > file, it fails: > > w = named_value("ABC", z ) > > Now I can understand why it might not be a good thing to make a named value > of a named value (confusing, at least), but I was surprised, and still do not > understand, that it failed reporting the __new__() takes exactly 3 arguments > (2 given).
Can I suggest that an enum-maker be offered as a third-party module rather than prematurely adding it into the standard library. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com