Improve Enum Validation

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closes #434

This PR implements the Accept and Reject proposals for enum validation in the above issue.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved validation of enum-based attributes. Compatible enum hints are now accepted when their values and types match, while incompatible hints produce clearer errors. This helps prevent valid configurations from being rejected and makes enum mismatches easier to diagnose.

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• src/fastcs/datatypes/enum.py
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Enum hint validation now accepts compatible enum classes based on inheritance, value mixins, and member values. Attribute dtype validation uses these checks when hinted and actual enum types differ.

Changes

Enum hint validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Enum compatibility rules src/fastcs/datatypes/enum.py, tests/test_datatypes.py	Adds checks for enum mixins, inheritance, and hinted values. Tests cover accepted and rejected combinations.
Attribute dtype integration src/fastcs/controllers/base_controller.py, tests/test_controllers.py	Routes hinted dtype checks through enum compatibility validation. Other mismatches raise RuntimeError; incompatible enum errors include the validation detail.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 9c3d2

Enum hint validation is mostly correct. A narrow IntFlag edge case can let an incompatible hint through, which is bounded and can be fixed in a follow-up.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 21.43% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 14 functions across 4 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: improved enum validation.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #434 is open and directly linked. check_enum_hint accepts the same enum class, a member-less base of the actual enum, and a hinted enum whose values are a subset of the actual enum with the sa…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within issue #434. Production changes add enum compatibility validation and integrate it into hinted attribute validation. Test changes cover the new enum rules and update the control…

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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 97.36842% with 1 line in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 91.51%. Comparing base (418dda0) to head (b310ecb).

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
src/fastcs/controllers/base_controller.py	93.33%	1 Missing ⚠️

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Review comments at @src/fastcs/datatypes/enum.py:
- Line 104: Update the subset check in _value_mixin to collect values from
__members__ on both the hinted and actual enum classes, rather than relying on
enum iteration. Ensure the check includes every named value, including zero and
composite IntFlag members.

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