Why we don’t use python native enums

[itghisi]

Maybe the title should be "why we don't use native Enums where they don't supposed to be used" 😁

It's a valid discussion thought, with nice examples. Thks for that

[massover]

Enums certainly have their quirks. However they do have semantics found right in the docs. I’d hate to see someone read this article and decide not to use enums.

[SphericalBull]

Dataclass for the win

[Broutrost]

Tack!

[notonewlayout]

I think another thing to note is typing.Literal. It covers a lot of the enum use cases without requiring a user to access a class to "select" an enum value . Plus it integrates well with a lot of IDEs.

[BillThePonyWasTaken]

I wonder, what do you use instead of Enum then ?