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[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] peps: Pre-alpha draft for PEP 435 (enum). The name is not important at the moment, as

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun Feb 24 03:37:57 CET 2013 
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24 Feb 2013 08:14, "Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>> I personally think we should skip the bikeshedding over how to avoid
>> repeating names to make the bound name match the definition name (as with
>> def, class, and import). Actually, they do not have to match and in cases,
>> one might want a short bound name for retrieval and a longer definition name
>> for display.
>
> I realised last night that "labelled values" might be a better building
> block than "named values".
>
> I'll see if I can find my old python-ideas posts about the concept
> (although, to be honest, I'm not sure it has ever been elaborated much
> further than it has in this thread)

Ah, there we go - I created a recipe a couple of years ago showing the
basic concept: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577810-named-values/

Cheers,
Nick.

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