Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why does the byte string "\x6f\x70\x65\x6e\x65\x64" have intrinsic > meaning when the int 0 doesn't? It certainly doesn't mean anything to > non-English speakers. > > If all you want is human readable byte strings, then just use them: > > class MyFile: > def open(self): > self.state = "opened" > def close(self): > self.state = "closed"
So, I guess no one read my explanation of why this an issue about more than implementing enums (which is fairly trivial, as we have seen). -- Björn Lindström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Student of computational linguistics, Uppsala University, Sweden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
