=== modified file 'inotifyx/__init__.py'
--- inotifyx/__init__.py	2014-08-22 21:04:24 +0000
+++ inotifyx/__init__.py	2017-02-03 08:51:49 +0000
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@
 from inotifyx.distinfo import version as __version__
 
 
-constants = {}
+flags = {}
 
 for name in dir(binding):
     if name.startswith('IN_'):
-        globals()[name] = constants[name] = getattr(binding, name)
+        v = getattr(binding, name)
+        globals()[name] = v
+        if v in [1<<i for i in range(32)]:
+            flags[name] = v
 
 
 init = binding.init
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@
     def get_mask_description(self):
         '''
         Return an ASCII string describing the mask field in terms of
-        bitwise-or'd IN_* constants, or 0.  The result is valid Python code
+        bitwise-or'd IN_* flags, or 0.  The result is valid Python code
         that could be eval'd to get the value of the mask field.  In other
         words, for a given event:
 
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@
         '''
 
         parts = []
-        for name, value in constants.items():
+        for name, value in flags.items():
             if self.mask & value:
                 parts.append(name)
         if parts: