Using enum in python
Install enum module prior to python 3.4
pip install enum34
Example:
from enum import Enum Animal = enum('Animal', 'ant bee cat dog')
or equivalently:
class Animals(Enum): ant = 1 bee = 2 cat = 3 dog = 4
Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36932/how-can-i-represent-an-enum-in-python