On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 at 15:54, Benedict Verhegghe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Enum is not a type, like the OP suggested: >
Well, it is: >>> isinstance(Enum, type) True but it has a metaclass, meaning that the type of Enum is a subclass of type. >>> type(Enum) <class 'enum.EnumType'> >>> type(Enum).__bases__ (<class 'type'>,) I mean, we wouldn't be subclassing it if it weren't a type. The __len__ method is implemented on the metaclass to allow all Enum subclasses to have lengths (ditto __iter__ to make them iterable), and as a consequence of that, Enum itself has all the attributes that it wants to give to its subclasses. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/V2HVHKTK3HG6CV3NBZFISPV6H5PHTTYL/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
