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Re: Enum vs OrderedEnum

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On Aug 6, 2013 5:15 PM, "Ethan Furman" <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
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> Use the .value attribute instead.  You could also substitute self for
Environment.

It feels more natural and readable to compare the enum instances rather
than their value attributes. If I am ordering the values then that seems to
imply that the enumeration itself is ordered. So I guess my question is
better stated: is there a better way to do this that doesn't involve
ordered comparisons at all?

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Re: Enum vs OrderedEnum Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-08-06 17:46 -0600
  Re: Enum vs OrderedEnum "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> - 2013-08-07 00:55 +0100

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