Testing enum as a replacement for tuple primitives.

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from enum import Enum

from time import time


class Fruit(Enum):
    bannana = (0, 1)
    apple = (1, 1)
    pear = (5, 5)

print('Start \t{0}'.format(time()))
for i in range(100000):
    Fruit.bannana == Fruit.bannana
    Fruit.bannana == Fruit.apple
print('End \t{0}'.format(time()))

print('Start \t{0}'.format(time()))
for i in range(100000):
    (0, 1) == (0, 1)
    (0, 1) == (1, 0)
print('End \t{0}'.format(time()))

yellow = (0, 1)
yellow2 = (0, 1)
red = (5, 5)
print('Start \t{0}'.format(time()))
for i in range(100000):
    yellow == yellow2
    yellow == red
print('End \t{0}'.format(time()))

"""
Output	Time			Difference
------
Enum
Start	1419711569.50204	
End	1419711570.1128		0.6107521057
Primitive
Start	1419711570.11283	
End	1419711570.12255	0.0097191334
Assigned Primitive
Start	1419711570.12256	
End	1419711570.13811	0.0155453682

"""