On 4/1/23 07:45, Richard Hajek wrote:
> # Feature or enhancement
>
> `len(Enum)` has no useful meaning and should therefore raise the appropriate
error
>
> # Pitch
>
> I cannot figure out any scenario, in which len(Enum) should not raise. Enum is a type and as any other types, such as
`len(list)` or `len(dict)`, and should not give any meaningful result on len.
Enums are not like any other type in a multitude of ways: `__len__`, `__contains__`, `__getitem__`, etc. Special-casing
only `Enum`, `IntEnum`, `StrEnum`, and every other base enum (i.e. no members), would be like special-casing empty
lists, empty dicts, empty tuples, etc.
--
~Ethan~
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