How can I represent an 'Enum' in Python?

Answer 1

From Python 3.4 there will be official support for enums. You can find documentation and examples here on Python 3.4 documentation page.

Enumerations are created using the class syntax, which makes them easy to read and write. An alternative creation method is described in Functional API. To define an enumeration, subclass Enum as follows:

from enum import Enum
class Color(Enum):
     red = 1
     green = 2
     blue = 3