Here's a fun one:
I have a python enumeration created in one module and then used both in that module and in another module. When I import the enumeration in the second module, it ends up not matching the value imported in the first module. I want to pass the value "KnownComputers.KILLDEVIL" into the first module from the second module, but when I compare the value I pass in against "KnownComputers.KILLDEVIL" they compare not equal. Weird!
servers.py lives in foo_module/servers.py:
from enum import Enum
class KnownComputers(Enum):
KILLDEVIL = "killdevil"
LONGLEAF = "longleaf"
DOGWOOD = "dogwood"
WIGGINS = "wiggins"
ANDREWS_LAPTOP = "andrews_laptop"
CATHYS_DESKTOP = "cathys_desktop"
used in that module to make a decision:
decision.py in foo_module/decision.py:
from servers import KnownComputers
def func( identifier ):
comp = identifier.which_computer()
if comp == KnownComputers.KILLDEVIL:
print( "Found killdevil!")
else:
print( "Found nothing!")
(and there's an empty __init__.py in foo_module/)
Then in my second module, in testbed.py of bar_module/testbed.py
from foo_module.servers import KnownComputers
import foo_module.decide
class killdevil_ident:
def which_computer(self):
return KnownComputers.KILLDEVIL
ki = killdevil_ident()
foo_module.decide.func(ki)
What I would expect to see printed is Found killdevil! but what is actually printed is Found nothing!. What is going on here and how can I fix this problem?
(Also worth noting: my python path includes both /path/to/foo_module and /path/to because I am overly thorough/confused.)
