On 10 June 2014 13:19, Ben Hoyt <benh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Because these are fixed-forever constants, I suspect in library code > and the like people would just KISS and use an integer literal and a > comment, avoiding the import/constant thing:
The stat module exposes a load of constants - why not add the (currently known) ones there? Finding the values of Windows constants if you don't have access to the C headers can be a pain, so having them defined *somewhere* as named values is useful. Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
