feat: int mapped to enum

src/betterproto/__init__.py

@@ -904,7 +904,14 @@ def _get_field_default_gen(cls, field: dataclasses.Field) -> Any:
                 return t
         elif issubclass(t, Enum):
             # Enums always default to zero.
-            return int
+            def default_enum():
+                try:
+                    # try to create a python enum instance
+                    return t(0)
+                except ValueError:
+                    return 0  # if that does not work fallback to int
+
+            return default_enum
         elif t is datetime:
             # Offsets are relative to 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
             return datetime_default_gen
@@ -929,6 +936,13 @@ def _postprocess_single(
             elif meta.proto_type == TYPE_BOOL:
                 # Booleans use a varint encoding, so convert it to true/false.
                 value = value > 0
+            elif meta.proto_type == TYPE_ENUM:
+                # Convert enum ints to python enum instances
+                cls = self._betterproto.cls_by_field[field_name]
+                try:
+                    value = cls(value)
+                except ValueError:
+                    pass  # the received value does not exist in the enum so we have to pass it as raw int
         elif wire_type in (WIRE_FIXED_32, WIRE_FIXED_64):
             fmt = _pack_fmt(meta.proto_type)
             value = struct.unpack(fmt, value)[0]