If your #Python application has user interface "modes", how do you keep track of different modes and the "active mode"?
I always think about trying to use Enums, but end up using a tuple of strings and a global variable with an int for the active mode :((
It feels pretty clumsy to write
```if modes[active_mode] == 'MODE_NAME':
...
and
def toggle_mode():
global active_mode
active_mode = (active_mode + 1) % len(modes)
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