On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 at 15:54, Benedict Verhegghe wrote:
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> Enum is not a type, like the OP suggested:
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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)
>>> type(Enum).__bases__
(,)
I mean, we wouldn't be
Enum is not a type, like the OP suggested:
from enum import Enum
class Color(Enum):
WHITE = 1
type(Color)
type(Enum)
type(enum.EnumMeta)
Enum.__len__
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So to me it looks like Enum is just a generic, empty enum. The __len__
method is implemented in EnumMeta.
Op 3/04/2023 om 00:18 schre
On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 at 08:28, Greg Ewing wrote:
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> On 2/04/23 6:36 pm, Benedict Verhegghe wrote:
> > An Enum is functionally a container with a limited set of constants. Why
> > should it not be legitimate to ask for the number of constants in it?
>
> But Enum itself isn't an enum, it's a construc
On 2/04/23 6:36 pm, Benedict Verhegghe wrote:
An Enum is functionally a container with a limited set of constants. Why
should it not be legitimate to ask for the number of constants in it?
But Enum itself isn't an enum, it's a constructor for enums.
I think len() just happens to work on it as a
