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Re: [pygame] enumerations?



The number association isn't really required - it's just an implementation
detail of "enum"'s in C/C++ (the specification for the language says as much).


People talk about enumations a fair bit cause they are used to using "enum"'s
in C/C++, but the concept of an enumeration just means to have a complete list
of all the things that are part of a group (a lot like what Bob was quoting),
and there's tons of ways to represent that.

the verb enumeration (from websters) means:  To count off or name one by one;
list

... and you don't need to know any of this to use any pygame at all

------ Original Message ------
> An enumeration is a series of things, like names, that have a number
> explicitly associated to them.  An example might be alphabetical
> order, where A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, etc.
>