Python Class used like an Enum

Although Enums are available in Python, I just like the idea or am used to using Classes instead which allows me to have more functionality in future if I need to attach additional methods to the class. Here’s how I have typically created a Class to store AWS Regions and have a method all() that would return all the region values – basically hard-coded.

class AwsRegion():
	'''
	Class to define AWS Regions
	'''
	OHIO = 'us-east-2'
	NORTH_VIRGINIA = 'us-east-1'
	NORTH_CALIFORNIA = 'us-west-1'
	OREGON = 'us-west-2'
	MUMBAI = 'ap-south-1'
	SEOUL = 'ap-northeast-2'
	SINGAPORE = 'ap-southeast-1'
	SYDNEY = 'ap-southeast-2'
	TOKYO = 'ap-northeast-1'
	FRANKFURT = 'eu-central-1'
	IRELAND = 'eu-west-1'
	LONDON = 'eu-west-2'
	SAO_PAULO = 'sa-east-1'

	@classmethod
	def all(cls, ):
		return [
			AwsRegion.OHIO,
			AwsRegion.NORTH_VIRGINIA,
			AwsRegion.NORTH_CALIFORNIA, 
			AwsRegion.OREGON,
			AwsRegion.MUMBAI,
			AwsRegion.SEOUL,
			AwsRegion.SINGAPORE,
			AwsRegion.SYDNEY,
			AwsRegion.TOKYO,
			AwsRegion.FRANKFURT,
			AwsRegion.IRELAND,
			AwsRegion.LONDON,
			AwsRegion.SAO_PAULO
			]

But I wanted to make the method all() more dynamic so every time I add new regions to the class, I don’t have to add the region to the all method return list. I found a better way to implement the all() method.

@classmethod
def all(cls, ):
	return [value for name, value in vars(cls).items()
				if not name.startswith('__')
					and not callable(getattr(cls,name))]

The original stack overflow post.