The best solution for you would depend on what you require from your fake enum.
Simple enum:
If you need the enum as only a list of names identifying different items, the solution by Mark Harrison (above) is great:
Pen, Pencil, Eraser = range(0, 3)
Using a range also allows you to set any starting value:
Pen, Pencil, Eraser = range(9, 12)
In addition to the above, if you also require that the items belong to a container of some sort, then embed them in a class:
class Stationery:
Pen, Pencil, Eraser = range(0, 3)
To use the enum item, you would now need to use the container name and the item name:
stype = Stationery.Pen
Complex enum:
For long lists of enum or more complicated uses of enum, these solutions will not suffice. You could look to the recipe by Will Ware for Simulating Enumerations in Python published in the Python Cookbook. An online version of that is available here.
More info:
PEP 354: Enumerations in Python has the interesting details of a proposal for enum in Python and why it was rejected.
