Eli Bendersky added the comment: On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Ethan Furman <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote:
> > Ethan Furman added the comment: > > Eli Bendersky added the comment: > > > > So let's stop trying to make enums even more alien. This is a non-issue > in Python. > > Enumerations are supposed to be constant. Since this is Python there is > actually very little that cannot be changed, > but we can make objects better reflect our intent. > > For Enum members Guido had me change the `value` and `name` attributes to > properties because the value and name should > also be constant. Can they still be changed? Yes, but you have to know > what you're doing. (Enum.member._name_ = ... ) > > I'm proposing we do the same thing for the Enum class that we did for the > Enum member. > > To me, an Enumeration that lets you change its constants higgledy-piggledy > is way more alien than one that tries to > stay, um, /constant/. > I can empathize with your reasoning, but I'm still -1. There's an infinite amount of tweaks you can think of to make Enum "safer", in a language that by design is unsafe for such operations. You will keep finding new holes, because the language will keep fighting you. And the end result? A bit more theoretical purity, hardly any tangible gain. But more complex code, which makes it more prone to bugs and more difficult to understand. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18924> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
