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| author | Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> | 2013-09-01 02:17:41 (GMT) |
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| committer | Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> | 2013-09-01 02:17:41 (GMT) |
| commit | ec15a826ce6a49e4b1ba184517da9b739cb3db8f (patch) | |
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Close #18738: Route __format__ calls to mixed-in type for mixed Enums (such as IntEnum).
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diff --git a/Doc/library/enum.rst b/Doc/library/enum.rst index 6864705..14dcfa7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/enum.rst +++ b/Doc/library/enum.rst @@ -463,6 +463,12 @@ Some rules: 3. When another data type is mixed in, the :attr:`value` attribute is *not the same* as the enum member itself, although it is equivalant and will compare equal. +4. %-style formatting: `%s` and `%r` call :class:`Enum`'s :meth:`__str__` and + :meth:`__repr__` respectively; other codes (such as `%i` or `%h` for + IntEnum) treat the enum member as its mixed-in type. +5. :class:`str`.:meth:`__format__` (or :func:`format`) will use the mixed-in + type's :meth:`__format__`. If the :class:`Enum`'s :func:`str` or + :func:`repr` is desired use the `!s` or `!r` :class:`str` format codes. Interesting examples |