[Python-Dev] Enum: subclassing?

[Ethan Furman]

On 05/01/2013 02:07 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Eli Bendersky <eliben at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> class BehaviorMixin:
>>    # bla bla
>>
>> class MyBehavingIntEnum(int, BehaviorMixin, Enum):
>>    foo = 1
>>    bar = 2
>
> It's a common pattern to do this with a base class rather than a
> mixin, though, and I think the rule "only allow subclassing empty
> enums" makes a lot of sense.

So is this a pronouncement?  I'm going to get whiplash if I change that bit of code many more times.  ;)

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~Ethan~