On 4 May 2013 07:42, "Nick Coghlan" <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2. We restore __getitem__ on EnumMetaclass *solely* for member lookup > by name (the "getmember" functionality above). This would leave > __call__ used for the reverse lookup (value to member and hence name) > and __getitem__ for the forward lookup (name to member and hence > value) (Note: given Ethan's comments about his current implementation, > I believe this actually fits nicely with the way > EnumMetaclass.__getattr__ is already implemented)
This has the advantage of leaving one obvious way to do the 'reverse' lookup (namely __call__), rather than two redundant alternatives. Cheers, Phil
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