brandon-leapyear/enum_tools

Tools to expand Python's enum module.

Enum Tools

Tools to expand Python's enum module.

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Tests
PyPI
Anaconda
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This library provides the following:

1. enum_tools.autoenum -- A Sphinx extension to document Enums better than autoclass can currently.
2. @enum_tools.documentation.document_enum -- A decorator to add docstrings to Enum members from a comment at the end of the line.
3. enum_tools.custom_enums -- Additional Enum classes with different functionality.

Installation

enum_tools can be installed from PyPI or Anaconda.

To install with pip:

$ python -m pip install enum_tools

To install with conda:

• First add the required channels

$ conda config --add channels https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
$ conda config --add channels https://conda.anaconda.org/domdfcoding

• Then install

$ conda install enum_tools

Further Reading

1. https://docs.python.org/3/library/enum.html
2. Is it possible to define a class constant inside an Enum?
3. Enums with Attributes
4. When should I subclass EnumMeta instead of Enum?