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@@ -459,6 +459,31 @@ sense to allow sharing some common behavior between a group of enumerations.
(See `OrderedEnum`_ for an example.)
+.. _enum-dataclass-support:
+
+Dataclass support
+-----------------
+
+When inheriting from a :class:`~dataclasses.dataclass`,
+the :meth:`~Enum.__repr__` omits the inherited class' name. For example::
+
+ >>> @dataclass
+ ... class CreatureDataMixin:
+ ... size: str
+ ... legs: int
+ ... tail: bool = field(repr=False, default=True)
+ ...
+ >>> class Creature(CreatureDataMixin, Enum):
+ ... BEETLE = 'small', 6
+ ... DOG = 'medium', 4
+ ...
+ >>> Creature.DOG
+ <Creature.DOG: size='medium', legs=4>
+
+Use the :func:`!dataclass` argument ``repr=False``
+to use the standard :func:`repr`.
+
+
Pickling
--------