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diff --git a/Doc/howto/enum.rst b/Doc/howto/enum.rst index 1e9ac9b..30be152 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/enum.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/enum.rst @@ -497,13 +497,30 @@ the :meth:`~Enum.__repr__` omits the inherited class' name. For example:: >>> Creature.DOG <Creature.DOG: size='medium', legs=4> -Use the :func:`!dataclass` argument ``repr=False`` +Use the :func:`~dataclasses.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. +.. note:: + + Adding :func:`~dataclasses.dataclass` decorator to :class:`Enum` + and its subclasses is not supported. It will not raise any errors, + but it will produce very strange results at runtime, such as members + being equal to each other:: + + >>> @dataclass # don't do this: it does not make any sense + ... class Color(Enum): + ... RED = 1 + ... BLUE = 2 + ... + >>> Color.RED is Color.BLUE + False + >>> Color.RED == Color.BLUE # problem is here: they should not be equal + True + Pickling -------- |