On 26 Feb 2006 22:30:28 -0800, rumours say that "Crutcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written:
>This seems great, except why can't I compare strings? It seems too >useful when dealing with user input, or parsing messages or config >files. > >>>> Weekdays = enum('sun', 'mon', 'tue', 'wed', 'thu', 'fri', 'sat') >>>> Weekdays.mon.__cmp__('mon') some_value = Weekdays.thu ... user_input = raw_input("Enter day name") if user_input == str(some_value): >Additionaly, perhaps the call method of the enumeration object should >construct a value from strings? >>>> Weekdays.mon == Weekdays('mon') Either way works for me. -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best. "Dear Paul, please stop spamming us." The Corinthians -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list