============ Enum Tools

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Tools to expand Python's enum module.

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This library provides the following:

#. enum_tools.autoenum – A Sphinx <https://www.sphinx-doc.org>_ extension to document Enums better than autoclass can currently. #. @enum_tools.documentation.document_enum – A decorator to add docstrings to Enum members from a comment at the end of the line. #. enum_tools.custom_enums – Additional Enum classes with different functionality.

Installation

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enum_tools can be installed from PyPI or Anaconda.

To install with pip:

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$ python -m pip install enum_tools

To install with conda:

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$ conda install -c conda-forge enum_tools

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Further Reading

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

#. Is it possible to define a class constant inside an Enum? <https://stackoverflow.com/q/17911188/3092681>_

#. Enums with Attributes <https://stackoverflow.com/a/19300424/3092681>_

#. When should I subclass EnumMeta instead of Enum? <https://stackoverflow.com/a/43730306/3092681>_