ImportError: cannot import name '_simple_enum' from 'enum'

[AverseMoon]

BPO	47018
Nosy	@stevendaprano, @AverseMoon

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[AverseMoon]

Why is this happening? Is there a fix for this I can't even fix the install because I get this error trying to reinstall cpython.

[stevendaprano]

What makes you think you are supposed to be able to import _simple_enum? It is a name with a leading underscore, so even if it exists, it is private and you shouldn't touch it.

Unless _simple_enum is documented as something you can use, this is not a bug and there is nothing to fix.

I don't see "_simple_enum" listed anywhere in the enum documentation, so why do you think you should be able to import it?

https://docs.python.org/3/library/enum.html

By the way, "reinstall Python" is almost never the solution to problems. Why do you think you need to "fix the install"?