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--> class Color(Enum): ... red = 1 ... green = 2 ... blue = 3 Enum items are virtual attributes looked by EnumType's __getattr__. The win here is that --> Color.red.green.blue no longer works. ;) Subclassing an implemented Enum class now raises an error (is there a better word than 'implemented'?) --> class MoreColor(Color): ... cyan = 4 ... magenta = 5 ... yellow = 6 Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "./ref435.py", line 83, in __new__ raise EnumError("cannot subclass an implemented Enum class") ref435.EnumError: cannot subclass an implemented Enum class _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com