__getitem__ method on (meta)classes

[Ron Garret]

In article <Sf6dneCcy-DEGavfRVn-iw at comcast.com>,
 Steven Bethard <steven.bethard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ron Garret wrote:
> > What I'm really trying to do is to create enumerated types such that if:
> > 
> > e1 = enum(lst) and v = e1(x)
> > 
> > then
> > 
> > (x in lst) and (e1[v] == x)
> 
> Use a class with __call__ and __getitem__:
> 
> py> class enum(object):
> ...     def __init__(self, vals):
> ...         self.vals = vals
> ...     def __call__(self, val):
> ...         return self.vals.index(val)
> ...     def __getitem__(self, index):
> ...         return self.vals[index]
> ...
> py> lst = 'abcd'
> py> x = 'b'
> py> e1 = enum(lst)
> py> v = e1(x)
> py> (x in lst) and (e1[v] == x)
> True

Yeah, except I actually left out one thing:  I also want type(v)==e1.

rg