Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Lots of people seem to want immutable instances. Nobody seems to
> >> have a use case for them.
> > Perhaps you missed my release announcement of the 'enum' package
> > that explains why Enum instances are immutable.
>
> Yes, I did. I couldn't turn it up in Google, either.
It was the announcement for enum 0.3:
<URL:http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/ea5991de0459d5c4/>
> Could I get you to recap the reason?
"Since the values of an enumeration are directly reflected in the
values and attributes, Enum instances are immutable to preserve
this relationship"
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