Not all your examples are good.
* float(x) calls __float__ (not __int__)
* re.group requires __eq__ (and __hash__)
* I'm unsure about OSError
* the % thing at the very least works on pypy
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09.03.15 06:33, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>
>> I guess it could boil down to: if IntEnum was not based on 'int', but
>> instead had the __int__ and __index__ methods
>> (plus all the other __xxx__ methods that int has), would it still be a
>> drop-in replacement for actual ints? Even when
>> being used to talk to non-Python libs?
>
>
> If you don't call isinstance(x, int) (PyLong_Check* in C).
>
> Most conversions from Python to C implicitly call __index__ or __int__, but
> unfortunately not all.
>
>>>> float(Thin(42))
> 42.0
>>>> float(Wrap(42))
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: float() argument must be a string or a number, not 'Wrap'
>
>>>> '%*s' % (Thin(5), 'x')
> ' x'
>>>> '%*s' % (Wrap(5), 'x')
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: * wants int
>
>>>> OSError(Thin(2), 'No such file or directory')
> FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory')
>>>> OSError(Wrap(2), 'No such file or directory')
> OSError(<__main__.Wrap object at 0xb6fe81ac>, 'No such file or directory')
>
>>>> re.match('(x)', 'x').group(Thin(1))
> 'x'
>>>> re.match('(x)', 'x').group(Wrap(1))
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> IndexError: no such group
>
> And to be ideal drop-in replacement IntEnum should override such methods as
> __eq__ and __hash__ (so it could be used as mapping key). If all methods
> should be overridden to quack as int, why not take an int?
>
>
>
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