Create an abstract Enum class

Question

I\'m trying to create an abstract enum (Flag actually) with an abstract method. My final goal is to be able to create a string representation of compound enums,

Answer 1

Here is a fix of the accepted answer for python 3.8. The only change is to the ABCEnumMeta. The rest is copy-pasted from the original answer to provide a runnable example. Also tested on python 3.6.2.

from abc import abstractmethod, ABC, ABCMeta
from enum import auto, Flag, EnumMeta


class ABCEnumMeta(EnumMeta, ABCMeta):
    pass


class TranslateableFlag(Flag, metaclass=ABCEnumMeta):

    @classmethod
    @abstractmethod
    def base(cls):
        pass

    def translate(self):
        base = self.base()
        if self in base:
            return base[self]
        else:
            ret = []
            for basic in base:
                if basic in self:
                    ret.append(base[basic])
            return " | ".join(ret)


class Students1(TranslateableFlag):
    ALICE = auto()
    BOB = auto()
    CHARLIE = auto()
    ALL = ALICE | BOB | CHARLIE

    @classmethod
    def base(cls):
        return {Students1.ALICE: "Alice", Students1.BOB: "Bob",
                Students1.CHARLIE: "Charlie"}


class Students2(TranslateableFlag):
    ALICE = auto()
    BOB = auto()
    CHARLIE = auto()
    ALL = ALICE | BOB | CHARLIE
    
# Abstract method not defined - should raise TypeError.
#    @classmethod
#    def base(cls):
#        ...