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Enum Tools
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**Tools to expand Python's enum module.**

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This library provides the following:

#. ``enum_tools.autoenum`` – A `Sphinx <https://www.sphinx-doc.org>`_ extension to document Enums better than ``autoclass``
   can currently.
#. ``@enum_tools.documentation.document_enum`` – A decorator to add docstrings to ``Enum`` members
   from a comment at the end of the line.
#. ``enum_tools.custom_enums`` – Additional ``Enum`` classes with different functionality.


Installation
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``enum_tools`` can be installed from PyPI or Anaconda.

To install with ``pip``:

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	$ python -m pip install enum_tools

To install with ``conda``:

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	$ conda install -c conda-forge enum_tools

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Further Reading
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#. https://docs.python.org/3/library/enum.html

#. `Is it possible to define a class constant inside an Enum? <https://stackoverflow.com/q/17911188/3092681>`_

#. `Enums with Attributes <https://stackoverflow.com/a/19300424/3092681>`_

#. `When should I subclass EnumMeta instead of Enum? <https://stackoverflow.com/a/43730306/3092681>`_
