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On 4/21/2016 9:46 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
> Oh! and Enum!!!  ;)

OMG! I totally forgot about Enum. Oh, look. Python supports Enum. Now I 
don't have to roll my own!

Hmm... What do we use Enum for? :)

Thank you,

Chris R.