bpo-38250: [Enum] single-bit flags are canonical (GH-24215)

Flag members are now divided by one-bit verses multi-bit, with multi-bit being treated as aliases. Iterating over a flag only returns the contained single-bit flags.

Iterating, repr(), and str() show members in definition order.

When constructing combined-member flags, any extra integer values are either discarded (CONFORM), turned into ints (EJECT) or treated as errors (STRICT). Flag classes can specify which of those three behaviors is desired:

>>> class Test(Flag, boundary=CONFORM):
...     ONE = 1
...     TWO = 2
...
>>> Test(5)
<Test.ONE: 1>

Besides the three above behaviors, there is also KEEP, which should not be used unless necessary -- for example, _convert_ specifies KEEP as there are flag sets in the stdlib that are incomplete and/or inconsistent (e.g. ssl.Options). KEEP will, as the name suggests, keep all bits; however, iterating over a flag with extra bits will only return the canonical flags contained, not the extra bits.

Iteration is now in member definition order.  If member definition order
matches increasing value order, then a more efficient method of flag
decomposition is used; otherwise, sort() is called on the results of
that method to get definition order.


``re`` module:

repr() has been modified to support as closely as possible its previous
output; the big difference is that inverted flags cannot be output as
before because the inversion operation now always returns the comparable
positive result; i.e.

   re.A|re.I|re.M|re.S is ~(re.L|re.U|re.S|re.T|re.DEBUG)

in both of the above terms, the ``value`` is 282.

re's tests have been updated to reflect the modifications to repr().

Author: ethanfurman

Doc/library/enum.rst

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ Having two enum members with the same name is invalid::
     ...
     Traceback (most recent call last):
     ...
-    TypeError: Attempted to reuse key: 'SQUARE'
+    TypeError: 'SQUARE' already defined as: 2
 
 However, two enum members are allowed to have the same value.  Given two members
 A and B with the same value (and A defined first), B is an alias to A.  By-value
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ any members.  So this is forbidden::
     ...
     Traceback (most recent call last):
     ...
-    TypeError: Cannot extend enumerations
+    TypeError: MoreColor: cannot extend enumeration 'Color'
 
 But this is allowed::
 
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ by extension, string enumerations of different types can also be compared
 to each other.  :class:`StrEnum` exists to help avoid the problem of getting
 an incorrect member::
 
+    >>> from enum import StrEnum
     >>> class Directions(StrEnum):
     ...     NORTH = 'north',    # notice the trailing comma
     ...     SOUTH = 'south'
@@ -638,12 +639,22 @@ IntFlag
 The next variation of :class:`Enum` provided, :class:`IntFlag`, is also based
 on :class:`int`.  The difference being :class:`IntFlag` members can be combined
 using the bitwise operators (&, \|, ^, ~) and the result is still an
-:class:`IntFlag` member.  However, as the name implies, :class:`IntFlag`
+:class:`IntFlag` member, if possible.  However, as the name implies, :class:`IntFlag`
 members also subclass :class:`int` and can be used wherever an :class:`int` is
-used.  Any operation on an :class:`IntFlag` member besides the bit-wise
-operations will lose the :class:`IntFlag` membership.
+used.
+
+.. note::
+
+    Any operation on an :class:`IntFlag` member besides the bit-wise operations will
+    lose the :class:`IntFlag` membership.
+
+.. note::
+
+    Bit-wise operations that result in invalid :class:`IntFlag` values will lose the
+    :class:`IntFlag` membership.
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.6
+.. versionchanged:: 3.10
 
 Sample :class:`IntFlag` class::
 
@@ -671,21 +682,41 @@ It is also possible to name the combinations::
     >>> Perm.RWX
     <Perm.RWX: 7>
     >>> ~Perm.RWX
-    <Perm.-8: -8>
+    <Perm: 0>
+    >>> Perm(7)
+    <Perm.RWX: 7>
+
+.. note::
+
+    Named combinations are considered aliases.  Aliases do not show up during
+    iteration, but can be returned from by-value lookups.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 3.10
 
 Another important difference between :class:`IntFlag` and :class:`Enum` is that
 if no flags are set (the value is 0), its boolean evaluation is :data:`False`::
 
     >>> Perm.R & Perm.X
-    <Perm.0: 0>
+    <Perm: 0>
     >>> bool(Perm.R & Perm.X)
     False
 
 Because :class:`IntFlag` members are also subclasses of :class:`int` they can
-be combined with them::
+be combined with them (but may lose :class:`IntFlag` membership::
+
+    >>> Perm.X | 4
+    <Perm.R|X: 5>
 
     >>> Perm.X | 8
-    <Perm.8|X: 9>
+    9
+
+.. note::
+
+    The negation operator, ``~``, always returns an :class:`IntFlag` member with a
+    positive value::
+
+        >>> (~Perm.X).value == (Perm.R|Perm.W).value == 6
+        True
 
 :class:`IntFlag` members can also be iterated over::
 
@@ -717,7 +748,7 @@ flags being set, the boolean evaluation is :data:`False`::
     ...     GREEN = auto()
     ...
     >>> Color.RED & Color.GREEN
-    <Color.0: 0>
+    <Color: 0>
     >>> bool(Color.RED & Color.GREEN)
     False
 
@@ -751,7 +782,7 @@ value::
 
     >>> purple = Color.RED | Color.BLUE
     >>> list(purple)
-    [<Color.BLUE: 2>, <Color.RED: 1>]
+    [<Color.RED: 1>, <Color.BLUE: 2>]
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.10
 
@@ -953,7 +984,7 @@ to handle any extra arguments::
     ...     BLEACHED_CORAL = () # New color, no Pantone code yet!
     ...
     >>> Swatch.SEA_GREEN
-    <Swatch.SEA_GREEN: 2>
+    <Swatch.SEA_GREEN>
     >>> Swatch.SEA_GREEN.pantone
     '1246'
     >>> Swatch.BLEACHED_CORAL.pantone
@@ -1144,6 +1175,14 @@ Supported ``_sunder_`` names
   :class:`auto` to get an appropriate value for an enum member; may be
   overridden
 
+.. note::
+
+    For standard :class:`Enum` classes the next value chosen is the last value seen
+    incremented by one.
+
+    For :class:`Flag`-type classes the next value chosen will be the next highest
+    power-of-two, regardless of the last value seen.
+
 .. versionadded:: 3.6 ``_missing_``, ``_order_``, ``_generate_next_value_``
 .. versionadded:: 3.7 ``_ignore_``
 
@@ -1159,7 +1198,9 @@ and raise an error if the two do not match::
     ...
     Traceback (most recent call last):
     ...
-    TypeError: member order does not match _order_
+    TypeError: member order does not match _order_:
+    ['RED', 'BLUE', 'GREEN']
+    ['RED', 'GREEN', 'BLUE']
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -1179,23 +1220,22 @@ Private names are not converted to Enum members, but remain normal attributes.
 """"""""""""""""""""
 
 :class:`Enum` members are instances of their :class:`Enum` class, and are
-normally accessed as ``EnumClass.member``.  Under certain circumstances they
-can also be accessed as ``EnumClass.member.member``, but you should never do
-this as that lookup may fail or, worse, return something besides the
-:class:`Enum` member you are looking for (this is another good reason to use
-all-uppercase names for members)::
+normally accessed as ``EnumClass.member``.  In Python versions ``3.5`` to
+``3.9`` you could access members from other members -- this practice was
+discouraged, and in ``3.10`` :class:`Enum` has returned to not allowing it::
 
     >>> class FieldTypes(Enum):
     ...     name = 0
     ...     value = 1
     ...     size = 2
     ...
     >>> FieldTypes.value.size
-    <FieldTypes.size: 2>
-    >>> FieldTypes.size.value
-    2
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+    ...
+    AttributeError: FieldTypes: no attribute 'size'
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+.. versionchanged:: 3.10
 
 
 Creating members that are mixed with other data types
@@ -1237,14 +1277,14 @@ but not of the class::
     >>> dir(Planet)
     ['EARTH', 'JUPITER', 'MARS', 'MERCURY', 'NEPTUNE', 'SATURN', 'URANUS', 'VENUS', '__class__', '__doc__', '__members__', '__module__']
     >>> dir(Planet.EARTH)
-    ['__class__', '__doc__', '__module__', 'name', 'surface_gravity', 'value']
+    ['__class__', '__doc__', '__module__', 'mass', 'name', 'radius', 'surface_gravity', 'value']
 
 
 Combining members of ``Flag``
 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 
-If a combination of Flag members is not named, the :func:`repr` will include
-all named flags and all named combinations of flags that are in the value::
+Iterating over a combination of Flag members will only return the members that
+are comprised of a single bit::
 
     >>> class Color(Flag):
     ...     RED = auto()
@@ -1254,10 +1294,10 @@ all named flags and all named combinations of flags that are in the value::
     ...     YELLOW = RED | GREEN
     ...     CYAN = GREEN | BLUE
     ...
-    >>> Color(3)  # named combination
+    >>> Color(3)
     <Color.YELLOW: 3>
-    >>> Color(7)      # not named combination
-    <Color.CYAN|MAGENTA|BLUE|YELLOW|GREEN|RED: 7>
+    >>> Color(7)
+    <Color.RED|GREEN|BLUE: 7>
 
 ``StrEnum`` and :meth:`str.__str__`
 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
@@ -1269,3 +1309,71 @@ parts of Python will read the string data directly, while others will call
 :meth:`StrEnum.__str__` will be the same as :meth:`str.__str__` so that
 ``str(StrEnum.member) == StrEnum.member`` is true.
 
+``Flag`` and ``IntFlag`` minutia
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+The code sample::
+
+    >>> class Color(IntFlag):
+    ...     BLACK = 0
+    ...     RED = 1
+    ...     GREEN = 2
+    ...     BLUE = 4
+    ...     PURPLE = RED | BLUE
+    ...     WHITE = RED | GREEN | BLUE
+    ...
+
+- single-bit flags are canonical
+- multi-bit and zero-bit flags are aliases
+- only canonical flags are returned during iteration::
+
+    >>> list(Color.WHITE)
+    [<Color.RED: 1>, <Color.GREEN: 2>, <Color.BLUE: 4>]
+
+- negating a flag or flag set returns a new flag/flag set with the
+  corresponding positive integer value::
+
+    >>> Color.GREEN
+    <Color.GREEN: 2>
+
+    >>> ~Color.GREEN
+    <Color.PURPLE: 5>
+
+- names of pseudo-flags are constructed from their members' names::
+
+    >>> (Color.RED | Color.GREEN).name
+    'RED|GREEN'
+
+- multi-bit flags, aka aliases, can be returned from operations::
+
+    >>> Color.RED | Color.BLUE
+    <Color.PURPLE: 5>
+
+    >>> Color(7)  # or Color(-1)
+    <Color.WHITE: 7>
+
+- membership / containment checking has changed slightly -- zero valued flags
+  are never considered to be contained::
+
+    >>> Color.BLACK in Color.WHITE
+    False
+
+  otherwise, if all bits of one flag are in the other flag, True is returned::
+
+    >>> Color.PURPLE in Color.WHITE
+    True
+
+There is a new boundary mechanism that controls how out-of-range / invalid
+bits are handled: ``STRICT``, ``CONFORM``, ``EJECT`', and ``KEEP``:
+
+  * STRICT --> raises an exception when presented with invalid values
+  * CONFORM --> discards any invalid bits
+  * EJECT --> lose Flag status and become a normal int with the given value
+  * KEEP --> keep the extra bits
+           - keeps Flag status and extra bits
+           - extra bits do not show up in iteration
+           - extra bits do show up in repr() and str()
+
+The default for Flag is ``STRICT``, the default for ``IntFlag`` is ``DISCARD``,
+and the default for ``_convert_`` is ``KEEP`` (see ``ssl.Options`` for an
+example of when ``KEEP`` is needed).