python enums with attributes

Question

Consider:

class Item:
   def __init__(self, a, b):
       self.a = a
       self.b = b

class Items:
    GREEN = Item(\'a\', \'b\')
    BLUE = Item(\'c\', \'         


        

Answer 1

Here's another approach which I think is simpler than the others, but allows the most flexibility:

from collections import namedtuple
from enum import Enum

class Status(namedtuple('Status', 'name description'), Enum):
    READY = 'ready', 'I am ready to do whatever is needed'
    ERROR = 'error', 'Something went wrong here'

    def __str__(self) -> str:
        return self.name

Works as expected:

print(Status.READY)
print(repr(Status.READY))
print(Status.READY.description)
print(Status.READY.value)

prints:

ready

I am ready to do whatever is needed
Status(name='ready', description='I am ready to do whatever is needed')

You get the best of namedtuple and Enum.