Paul McGuire wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in comp.lang.python:
> > class Constants(object) > pass > > (I guess value immutability could probably be implemented using clever > implementations of __setattr__ and such, but is it really worth the > bother?). > > Then I defined the context for my LEFT and RIGHT constants, which are > being created to specify operator associativity, and then my constant > fields as attributes of that object: > > opAssoc = Constants(object) > opAssoc.RIGHT = 0 > opAssoc.LEFT = 1 > This is nice, but you can cut down on some of the cruft: class Constants( object ): pass Constants.RIGHT = 0 Constants.LEFT = 1 ## client code ... print Constants.LEFT Rob. -- http://www.victim-prime.dsl.pipex.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list