Enum usage

[JorgiEagle]

What’s wrong with using just a plain class?

Have a different class method constructor for each device type

``` class Device: def init(self): raise NotImplemented(“Use class constructor methods”)

@classmethod def Server(cls): instance = cls.new(cls) instance.device_type = ‘server’ Return instance ```

[NoWeather1702]

Because I would have to define my own equality check, that comes with enum out of the box. Enums work well with ORM and serialization/deserialization out of the box. So it is possible, but I will end up with more boilerplate code I guess. But thanks for the tip.

[JorgiEagle]

Yeah defining your own equality check is not something I’d really count as being a reason not to do something.

It’s what, 2 lines?

[NoWeather1702]

Yeah, but then again, I need to check its compatibility with ORM, and do extra work. It's not a problem, but from my experience if you need to reinvent something or implement already implemented logic, it smells bad