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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear Duncan,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Is it possible to extend the omniorb python language mapping such that enum values can be used as an index of a sequence type, by</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">exploiting the new python 2.5 __index__ extension. It would allow me to do something as shown below.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">class EnumItem:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> def __init__(self, n, v):</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> self._n = n</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> self._v = v</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> def __repr__(self):</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> return self._n</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> def __index__(self):</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> return self._v</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">e1 = EnumItem('e1', 1)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">e2 = EnumItem('e2', 3)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">a = ['a','b','c','d']</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">print e1, a[e1], a[e1:e2]</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Best regards,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Will Denissen</FONT>
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