gh-103596: [Enum] do not shadow mixed-in methods/attributes (GH-103600)

For example:

    class Book(StrEnum):
        title = auto()
        author = auto()
        desc = auto()

    Book.author.desc is Book.desc

but

    Book.author.title() == 'Author'

is commonly expected.  Using upper-case member names avoids this confusion and possible performance impacts.

Co-authored-by: samypr100 <3933065+samypr100@users.noreply.github.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/howto/enum.rst b/Doc/howto/enum.rst
index 56391a0..68b75c5 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/enum.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/enum.rst
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ inherits from :class:`Enum` itself.
 
 .. note:: Case of Enum Members
 
-    Because Enums are used to represent constants we recommend using
-    UPPER_CASE names for members, and will be using that style in our examples.
+    Because Enums are used to represent constants, and to help avoid issues
+    with name clashes between mixin-class methods/attributes and enum names,
+    we strongly recommend using UPPER_CASE names for members, and will be using
+    that style in our examples.
 
 Depending on the nature of the enum a member's value may or may not be
 important, but either way that value can be used to get the corresponding
@@ -490,6 +492,10 @@ the :meth:`~Enum.__repr__` omits the inherited class' name.  For example::
 Use the :func:`!dataclass` argument ``repr=False``
 to use the standard :func:`repr`.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.12
+   Only the dataclass fields are shown in the value area, not the dataclass'
+   name.
+
 
 Pickling
 --------
@@ -992,7 +998,9 @@ but remain normal attributes.
 Enum members are instances of their enum class, and are normally accessed as
 ``EnumClass.member``.  In certain situations, such as writing custom enum
 behavior, being able to access one member directly from another is useful,
-and is supported.
+and is supported; however, in order to avoid name clashes between member names
+and attributes/methods from mixed-in classes, upper-case names are strongly
+recommended.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.5