I'm not sure how you can have both, those two seem opposite to me:
- if 'from_bytes' returns the same type as the class it is called on then
the instantiation of the result object should go through its constructor
(patch proposed)
- if the subclass should override base class behaviour then there is no
reason for Enum.from_bytes to return the same type as the class it is
called on, and therefore it should be made a classmethod.

2015-03-30 18:02 GMT+02:00 Ethan Furman <report@bugs.python.org>:

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> Ethan Furman added the comment:
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> 'from_bytes' is a classmethod.  As such, it should return the same type as
> the class it is called on.  If that wasn't the intent it would be a
> staticmethod instead.
>
> It is the responsibility of the subclass to override base class behavior,
> not the other way around.
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