Using the OrderedEnum recipe from the Python 3.4 docs, I have the following code:
class Environment(OrderedEnum): gaia = 1 fertile = 2 terran, jungle, ocean, arid, steppe, desert, minimal = range(3, 10) barren, tundra, dead, inferno, toxic, radiated = range(10, 16) def is_standard(self): return Environment.terran <= self <= Environment.minimal def is_hostile(self): return Environment.barren <= self @property def growth_factor(self): if self.is_standard(): return 1.0 elif self.is_hostile(): return 0.5 elif self is Environment.fertile: return 1.5 elif self is Environment.gaia: return 2.0 else: raise AttributeError("Unknown growth_factor for %s" % self) This works, and the ordering is logical and intuitive, and I think result is quite readable. That said, really the only reason for subclassing OrderedEnum instead of Enum is to support the is_standard and is_hostile methods. In normal usage there is no reason for the members to be ordered. Can anyone suggest an alternative formulation that is as readable as the above without relying on OrderedEnum? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list