On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote:
> On May 02, 2013, at 08:42 AM, Larry Hastings wrote: > > >So, for the second time: How can Color.red and MoreColor.red be the same > >object when they are of different types? > > It's a moot point now given Guido's pronouncement. > Correct. There's no Color.red and MoreColor.red. Subclassing is allowed only of enums that define no members. So this is forbidden: >>> class MoreColor(Color): ... pink = 17 ... TypeError: Cannot subclass enumerations But this is allowed: >>> class Foo(Enum): ... def some_behavior(self): ... pass ... >>> class Bar(Foo): ... happy = 1 ... sad = 2 ... Eli
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