[Python-Dev] PEP 435: initial values must be specified? Yes

Mon May 6 19:53:57 CEST 2013

On 05/06/2013 10:48 AM, Georg Brandl wrote:
> Am 05.05.2013 22:09, schrieb Ethan Furman:
>>> About the closest you going to be able to get is something like:
>>>> def e(_next=[1]):
>> e, _next[0] = _next[0], _next[0] + 1
>> return e
>>>> class Color(Enum):
>> red = e()
>> green = e()
>> blue = e()
>> Uh, that's surely more nicely spelled as "e = itertools.count()"?

Why, yes, I believe it is. :)
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~Ethan~