On 20 May 2013 06:25, "Terry Jan Reedy" <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > > On 5/19/2013 4:13 PM, Tres Seaver wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 05/19/2013 10:48 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: >>> >>> Anyway, if you're doing arithmetic on enums you're doing it wrong. >> >> >> Hmm, bitwise operations, even? > > > Those are logic, not arithmetic as usually understood. (The fact that one can do each with the other is beside the point.)
I consider those to be binary arithmetic, but it's a fair point. The word I really wanted was "comparison" anyway, since the main intended uses of enums are as flags, lookup keys and marker values. Cheers, Nick. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/ncoghlan%40gmail.com
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