How can I represent an 'Enum' in Python?

Answer 1

Keep it simple:

class Enum(object): 
    def __init__(self, tupleList):
            self.tupleList = tupleList

    def __getattr__(self, name):
            return self.tupleList.index(name)

Then:

DIRECTION = Enum(('UP', 'DOWN', 'LEFT', 'RIGHT'))
DIRECTION.DOWN
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