使用枚举类
当我们需要定义常量时,一个办法是用大写变量通过整数来定义,例如月份:
JAN = 1
FEB = 2
MAR = 3
NOV = 11
DEC = 12…
好处是简单,缺点是类型是int,并且仍然是变量。
更好的方法是为这样的枚举类型定义一个class类型,然后,每个常量都是class的一个唯一实例。Python提供了Enum类来实现这个功能:
>>> from enum import Enum
>>> Month = Enum('Month',('Jan','Feb','Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'))
然后就可以枚举这个类的所有成员:
>>> for name,member in Month.__members__.items():
print(name,'=>',member,',',member.value)
Jan => Month.Jan , 1
Feb => Month.Feb , 2
Mar => Month.Mar , 3
Apr => Month.Apr , 4
May => Month.May , 5
Jun => Month.Jun , 6
Jul => Month.Jul , 7
Aug => Month.Aug , 8
Sep => Month.Sep , 9
Oct => Month.Oct , 10
Nov => Month.Nov , 11
Dec => Month.Dec , 12
value属性则是自动赋给成员的int常量,默认从1开始计数。
如果需要更精确地控制枚举类型,可以从Enum派生出自定义类:
>>> from enum import Enum,unique
>>> @unique
class Weekday(Enum):
Sun = 0
Mon = 1
Tue = 2
Wed = 3
Thu = 4
Fri = 5
Sat = 6
@unique装饰器可以帮助我们检查保证没有重复值。
有很多方法可以访问这些枚举类:
>>> day1 = Weekday.Mon
>>> print(day1)
Weekday.Mon
>>> print(Weekday.Tue)
Weekday.Tue
>>> print(Weekday.Tue.value)
2
>>> print(day1 == Weekday.Mon)
True
>>> for name,member in Weekday.__members__.items():
print(name,'=>',member)
Sun => Weekday.Sun
Mon => Weekday.Mon
Tue => Weekday.Tue
Wed => Weekday.Wed
Thu => Weekday.Thu
Fri => Weekday.Fri
Sat => Weekday.Sat
可见,既可以用成员名称引用枚举常量,又可以直接根据value的值获得枚举常量。