Is it silly to create an enumeration with only a single member? That is, a singleton enum?
from enum import Enum class Unique(Enum): FOO = auto() The reason I ask is that I have two functions that take an enum argument. The first takes one of three enums: class MarxBros(Enum): GROUCHO = 1 CHICO = 2 HARPO = 3 and the second takes *either* one of those three, or a fourth distinct value. So in my two functions, I have something like this: def spam(arg): if isinstance(arg, MarxBros): ... def ham(arg): if isinstance(arg, MarxBros) or arg is Unique.FOO: ... Good, bad or indifferent? -- Steven "Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing it everywhere." - Jon Ronson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list