elixir like atoms in python?

Question

I am building a project in python that requires the use of a small state machine. I could of course just make a bunch of states like

__StateOne__ = 0
__StateTwo__ = 1
__StateThree__ = 2
# etc

and then just keep track with something like state = _StateOne_, but I was hoping to be able to do something like elixir style atoms. Would this be possible with some import or third party library?

Answer 1

Use enums:

from enum import Enum

states = Enum('<a descriptive name>', 'one two three four')

states.one, states.two, states.three... are now sorta like atoms, for your purposes.