[PyQt] Qt/PyQt 5.9.x. Correct way to get an "enumeration flags" to return 0?

[J Barchan]

On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 at 07:56, J Barchan <jnbarchan at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 21:28, Barry Scott <barry at barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
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>> On 10 Jul 2019, at 11:55, J Barchan <jnbarchan at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> If I return QOrientations() that works, but I'm unsure if that
>> guarantees to return zero.
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>> I've not tried this - not ready to update Qt yet - does this print 0 to
>> confirm the value in the enum?
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>> print( int( QOrientations())
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>> Barry
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> I confirm that int( QOrientations() ) returns 0.  Assuming that is
> consistent/deliberate and not random (which I imagine it is) I guess that
> is what I will use here.
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> I am still a little troubled by the fact that I can convert enum to int
> via int(QOrientations(enum_value)) but have trouble converting int to
> enum via QOrientations(int_value).  However the latter does seem to be a
> PyCharm IDE warning ("Unexpected type 'int', expected 'Orientations',
> 'Orientation'") but works at run-time, so I guess it's OK even if I
> cannot find a formula which works without warning.  It would be nice to see
> a PyQt expert statement on what is the correct way to handle this
> not-unusual requirement....
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> --
> Kindest,
> Jonathan
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Ah ha, I think I've got it!  Qt.Orientations(0) generates a warning in my
IDE, but Qt.Orientations(Qt.Orientation(0)) seems not to! :)  Fair
enough....

-- 
Kindest,
Jonathan
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