[New-bugs-announce] [issue19249] Enumeration.__eq__

[CliffM]

New submission from CliffM:

Given that enumeration members are Singletons, can we not rely on the default
__eq__() method ?  (FWIW the existing tests all pass if you delete it)

This might be confusing for a reader later, so needs documenting.  Although I think it should be documented (in enum.py) either way.

Maybe also add a singletoness test ?

def test_singleton(self):
        class A(Enum):
            X=1
            Y=2

        self.assertTrue(id(A.X)==id(A.X))


Of course there is good chance that there is a test-case I have not thought of that will defeat this.  I am thinking about :

a) weak-ref handling of Enums 

b) unpickling, say by a user of the ZODB

Which might break the singletonicity. ??  Any offers ??

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components: Tests
messages: 199774
nosy: CliffM
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Enumeration.__eq__
versions: Python 3.4

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