[issue43430] Exception raised when attempting to create Enum via functional API

Ethan Furman added the comment: Thanks for the reminder. -- resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: pending -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue43430] Exception raised when attempting to create Enum via functional API

Irit Katriel added the comment: Is there a bug/documentation change to make here or can this be closed? -- nosy: +iritkatriel status: open -> pending type: crash -> behavior versions: +Python 3.10 -Python 3.7, Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker

[issue43430] Exception raised when attempting to create Enum via functional API

Ethan Furman added the comment: That sounds more like the way it is intended to be used: make you base enum with all the changes you want, then use that base enum either by inheriting from it or as a function call: class MyBaseEnum(Enum, metaclass=...): ... custom stuff ...

[issue43430] Exception raised when attempting to create Enum via functional API

Suhail S. added the comment: In my usecase, I wanted to override the behaviour of __getitem__. I was able to accomplish this by subclassing EnumMeta. Having done so, I was able to work around this bug as follows. Instead of trying to access the functional API via Enum (using an enum as the

[issue43430] Exception raised when attempting to create Enum via functional API

Ethan Furman added the comment: Looking at your example I see that you are using an enum as the `type` parameter -- the purpose of `type` is to provide a mixin data type, such as `int` or `str`, not another enum. What is your use-case? Typically, subclassing EnumMeta is not needed. ---

[issue43430] Exception raised when attempting to create Enum via functional API

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[issue43430] Exception raised when attempting to create Enum via functional API

New submission from Suhail S. : It is possible to create custom Enum classes with a metaclass that is a subtype of EnumMeta. It is also possible to inherit from such an enumeration to create another enumeration. However, attempting to do so via the functional API raises an exception. See atta