There is no enumeration type in Python a in some other languages as pascal or RubyThis is a poor man's enumeration that works as expected.

enumeration.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Python enumeration"""

import itertools


def enumeration(name, *auto, **named):
    """Pythonic enumeration type

      >>> Colors = enumeration('Colors', 'GREEN', 'RED', 'YELLOW')
      >>> Colors.GREEN, Colors.RED, Colors.YELLOW
      (0, 1, 2)
      >>> Status = enumeration('Status', 'UNKNOWN', TRUE=True, FALSE=False)
      >>> Status.TRUE, Status.FALSE, Status.UNKNOWN
      (True, False, 0)
    """
    values = dict(itertools.izip(auto, xrange(len(auto))), **named)
    return type(name, (), values)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import doctest
    doctest.testmod()