Read the section on IntEnums[1]: IntEnum values behave like integers in other ways you'd expect: >>> int(Shape.circle) 1 >>> ['a', 'b', 'c'][Shape.c

Read the section on IntEnums[1]: IntEnum values behave like integers in other ways you'd expect: >>> int(Shape.circle) 1 >>> ['a', 'b', 'c'][Shape.circle] 'b' >>> [i for i in range(Shape.square)] [0, 1] [1] http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0435/#intenum http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0435/#intenum