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Kirill Smelkov
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Close issue25594: advise against accessing Enum members from other members
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@@ -730,18 +730,24 @@ member instances.
Finer Points
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Enum members are instances of an Enum class, and even though they are
accessible as `EnumClass.member`, they are not accessible directly from
the member::
>>> Color.red
<Color.red: 1>
>>> Color.red.blue
Traceback (most recent call last):
:class:`Enum` members are instances of an :class:`Enum` class, and even
though they are accessible as `EnumClass.member`, they should not be accessed
directly from the member as that lookup may fail or, worse, return something
besides the :class:`Enum` member you looking for::
>>> class FieldTypes(Enum):
... name = 0
... value = 1
... size = 2
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AttributeError: 'Color' object has no attribute 'blue'
>>> FieldTypes.value.size
<FieldTypes.size: 2>
>>> FieldTypes.size.value
2
.. versionchanged:: 3.5
Likewise, the :attr:`__members__`
is only available on the class.
The :attr:`__members__` attribute
is only available on the class.
If you give your :class:`Enum` subclass extra methods, like the `Planet`_
class above, those methods will show up in a :func:`dir` of the member,
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