[Python-Dev] enum instances

[Nikolaus Rath]

Marco Hemmelrath <marco.hemmelrath at googlemail.com> writes:
>     class State(enum):
>         idle = 0
>         busy = 1
>         idling = idle
>         ideling = 0
>
> together with the premises:
>
>     1. type(State.busy) == State
>     2. type(State) == enum

State is a class, it just inherits from enum. Thus:

type(State) == type(enum) == type(EnumMetaclass)
issubclass(State, enum) == True


HTH,

   -Nikolaus

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