Enums in Python are SO useful

A little more loved than collections, but still in some need of attention. Maybe some ice cream will help?

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#python #enums #coding

[saxumnatur]

Great summary! You can also iterate over enums, which can be very helpful in certain situations!

[keerthi]

Thanks for explaining with the application along with the Syntax
🙂

[tyrelllaszlo]

Another benefit of enums is that you can check for Membership instead of checking for equality, which is more performant. For example in stead of checking `if state == State.PLAYING: ...` you can write it as `if state is State.PLAYING: ...`

[teslainvestah]

One thing I wish Enums did is include the value name in the type representation of each Enum member.
it would make TypeErrors involving Enum members way more informative.

[jackgenewtf]

There are so many other benefits of using enums, including that they can be type checked, exhaustiveness checking can be performed to make sure all possible states are accounted for etc. If you are going to make a video on enums being "so useful", might be worth going through those, instead of, "I just like them." Otherwise it looks like you're just making videos to get clicks.

[SP-dbsh]

Make a video on using enums with match statement, incase of non_matcing case like _ wildcard

[jackrorystaunton]

Ive tried a few times but I keep stepping away from using enum. a follow-up vid showing explicit examples of typical scenarios without and then with enum and how enum makes it better would be very welcome.

[xtz_]

amazing as always, can u make a video about how to create a context manager I wanna make one for a db .. u know what I mean hh

[MohammadNajmiBachok]

This should be included in builtin. For a Java/C#/modern C++ programmers like myself, this is a wonderful feature in order to empower my newly (re)acquired Python knowledge.

[sketchwaretagalogtutorials]

Enum values can't be mutable. #constant

[TheVideoVolcano]

I didn't know asa butterfield coded too

[Policy_Maker]

How to create new enum values after defining it.

See my code:

class Color(IntEnum):
RED = 0xFF0000
GREEN = 0x00FF00
BLUE = 0x0000FF

Now, I want to create new values by creating its object such as:

YELLOW = (0xFFFF00)
CYAN = (0x00FFFF)

But it gives me error "is not a valid Color"

How can I solve it?

[havenisse]

Cumbersome way of defining enums, and it should be built in by default.

[VkToo]

I see no use for this. Maybe use a set? My opinion is that if you have a basic data structure that can do the job, it's almost always better to stick to it.

[musicmarketing]

I hate even leaving YouTube comments but you kinda never actually gave a definition of enums

[pointer]

There's nothing clear about instantiating an enum...

[danielschmider]

"why not just use the string value? Well, it's just good practice!"
That doesnt answer anything. WHY is it good practice?