Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> writes: > Consider the following Enum definition: > > class Color(Enum): > RED = 1 > GREEN = 2 > BLUE = 3 > @property > def lower(self): > return self.name.lower() > def spam(self): > return "I like %s eggs and spam!" % self.lower > class SomeClass: > pass
That dumbfounds my intuitions. Specifically, I can't make sense of why someone would want to have a class that is simultaneously behaving as an enumerated type, *and* has an API of custom callable attributes. > Question: > > Should `SomeClass` be an enum member? When would it be useful to > have an embedded class in an Enum be an enum member? I can't think of a satisfactory answer to the question “Why is SomeClass defined inside that enumerated type at all?” > So I'm asking the community: What real-world examples can you offer > for either behavior? That set is empty. I'd be going straight to the author of that code; or, if that weren't an option, re-factoring that code at the next opportunity. -- \ “Our urge to trust our senses overpowers what our measuring | `\ devices tell us about the actual nature of reality.” —Ann | _o__) Druyan, _Cosmos_, 2014 | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list