Irit Katriel via Python-Dev writes: > Andrei is suggesting to look at each enum value as the set of "bits set to > 1" in this value, and then apply a set-thoery term to the problem. > [...] Anyway, I don't know whether this kind of terminology is > widely accessible.
I think the everyday meaning of "cover" is close enough to the set theory meaning that only set theorists can be confused. (Not a joke, because I'm not sure exactly what Ethan intends.) I'm not sure "exact_cover" or "complete_cover" or similar are good names, but they're as good as any I've seen so far. > Maybe you could use something like @composite. As in, every non-canonical > value in the enum is the composition of canonical values. -1 on "composite". "Compose" has other, more important meanings, and isn't very suggestive of this kind of factorization, to me at least. Steve _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OZOEOD3OT76OSWJ5ZZ4Y4X4JSYWCG4ZS/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/