Guide to Enums in the Python Programming Language

Enumerations (Enums) provide a powerful way to represent a set of named values. Enums bring clarity, maintainability, and readability to code by replacing numeric or string constants with more meaningful named constants.

The most common way I see people use enums is in roles in a web application such as a forums, blog, or something that has different access levels. Here is a common code sample of what this could look like.

from enum import Enum

class UserRole(Enum): ADMIN = "admin" US

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