New submission from Ram Rachum: Calling `dir` on an enum subclass shows only the contents of that class, not its parent classes. In normal classes, you can do this:
Python 3.4.0 (v3.4.0:04f714765c13, Mar 16 2014, 19:25:23) [MSC v.1600 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> class A: ... x = lambda self: 7 ... >>> class B(a): pass ... >>> assert 'x' in dir(B) But in enum subclasses, it fails: >>> import enum >>> class A(enum.Enum): ... x = lambda self: 7 ... >>> class B(A): ... pass ... >>> assert 'x' in dir(B) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> AssertionError >>> Looks like the `__dir__` implementation needs to be tweaked. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 227681 nosy: cool-RR priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: `dir` on Enum subclass doesn't expose parent class attributes type: behavior versions: Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue22506> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com