winreg - python: _winreg type name -

regarding value types: http://docs.python.org/2/library/_winreg.html#value-types

how query _winreg.reg_binary 'reg_binary'?

i can manually with:

import _winreg reg_type_str = {     _winreg.reg_binary: 'reg_binary',     _winreg.reg_dword: 'reg_dword',     _winreg.reg_dword_little_endian: 'reg_dword_little_endian',     _winreg.reg_dword_big_endian: 'reg_dword_big_endian',     _winreg.reg_expand_sz: 'reg_expand_sz',     _winreg.reg_link: 'reg_link',     _winreg.reg_multi_sz: 'reg_multi_sz',     _winreg.reg_none: 'reg_none',     _winreg.reg_resource_list: 'reg_resource_list',     _winreg.reg_full_resource_descriptor: 'reg_full_resource_descriptor',     _winreg.reg_resource_requirements_list: 'reg_resource_requirements_list',     _winreg.reg_sz: 'reg_sz', } reg_type_str.get(_winreg.reg_sz) 

surely there's better way?

what i'm trying ...

example query:

reg_data, reg_type = _winreg.queryvalueex(key, reg_value) log.debug("query: %s [%d:%s]" % (reg_data, reg_type, reg_type_str.get(reg_type))) 

i'm thinking should able this:

>>> k, v in _winreg.__dict__: ...     if v == _winreg.reg_sz: ...         print k  traceback (most recent call last):   file "<pyshell#468>", line 1, in <module>     k, v in _winreg.__dict__: valueerror: many values unpack 

of course, doesn't work, if did method cause issues when used _winreg:

>>> v in _winreg.__dict__.itervalues(): ...    if v == _winreg.reg_sz: ...        print v  1 1 1 1 1 1 

i've come conclusion need using manual method supplied in original question.

the way around if _winreg developers supply function us.