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Author	barry
Recipients	barry, ethan.furman, ncoghlan, pitrou
Date	2013-05-13.14:01:24
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Message-id	<20130513100122.62b73d53@limelight.wooz.org>
In-reply-to	<1368439858.29.0.556189352394.issue17961@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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On May 13, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >I agree with Nick here, there's no reason to auto-number constants in >Python. This is not C :-) Why should they be strings? Why not object()? Why is `x.value == str(x)` a useful invariant to hold?

On May 13, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

>I agree with Nick here, there's no reason to auto-number constants in
>Python. This is not C :-)

Why should they be strings?   Why not object()?

Why is `x.value == str(x)` a useful invariant to hold?

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Date	User	Action	Args
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