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26 changes: 26 additions & 0 deletions Doc/library/enum.rst
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Expand Up @@ -901,6 +901,32 @@ Using an auto-numbering :meth:`__new__` would look like::
>>> Color.GREEN.value
2

To make a more general purpose ``AutoNumber``, add ``*args`` to the signature::

>>> class AutoNumber(NoValue):
... def __new__(cls, *args): # this is the only change from above
... value = len(cls.__members__) + 1
... obj = object.__new__(cls)
... obj._value_ = value
... return obj
...

Then when you inherit from ``AutoNumber`` you can write your own ``__init__``
to handle any extra arguments::

>>> class Swatch(AutoNumber):
... def __init__(self, pantone='unknown'):
... self.pantone = pantone
... AUBURN = '3497'
... SEA_GREEN = '1246'
... BLEACHED_CORAL = () # New color, no Pantone code yet!
...
>>> Swatch.SEA_GREEN
<Swatch.SEA_GREEN: 2>
>>> Swatch.SEA_GREEN.pantone
'1246'
>>> Swatch.BLEACHED_CORAL.pantone
'unknown'

.. note::

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Expand Up @@ -1723,6 +1723,7 @@ Févry Thibault
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