# enum --- Support for enumerations — Data types

> EnumType is the metaclass for enum enumerations. It is possible to subclass EnumType -- see Subclassing EnumType for details. EnumType is responsible for setting the correct !repr, !str, !format, and !reduce methods on the final enum, as well as creating the enum members, properly handling duplicate

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EnumType is the metaclass for enum enumerations. It is possible to subclass EnumType -- see Subclassing EnumType for details.

EnumType is responsible for setting the correct !repr, !str, !format, and !reduce methods on the final enum, as well as creating the enum members, properly handling duplicates, providing iteration over the enum class, etc.

Enum is the base class for all enum enumerations.

IntEnum is the same as Enum, but its members are also integers and can be used anywhere that an integer can be used. If any integer operation is performed with an IntEnum member, the resulting value loses its enumeration status.

StrEnum is the same as Enum, but its members are also strings and can be used in most of the same places that a string can be used. The result of any string operation performed on or with a StrEnum member is not part of the enumeration.

&gt;&gt;&gt; from enum import StrEnum, auto &gt;&gt;&gt; class Color(StrEnum): ... RED = 'r' ... GREEN = 'g' ... BLUE = 'b' ... UNKNOWN = auto() ... &gt;&gt;&gt; Color.RED &gt;&gt;&gt; Color.UNKNOWN &gt;&gt;&gt; str(Color.UNKNOWN) 'unknown'

Flag is the same as Enum, but its members support the bitwise operators &amp; (AND), | (OR), ^ (XOR), and ~ (INVERT); the results of those operations are (aliases of) members of the enumeration.

IntFlag is the same as Flag, but its members are also integers and can be used anywhere that an integer can be used.

If any integer operation is performed with an IntFlag member, the result is not an IntFlag

If a Flag operation is performed with an IntFlag member and

the result is a valid IntFlag: an IntFlag is returned the result is not a valid IntFlag: the result depends on the FlagBoundary setting

The repr of unnamed zero-valued flags has changed. It is now

!ReprEnum uses the repr() of Enum, but the str() of the mixed-in data type

!int.str for IntEnum and IntFlag !str.str for StrEnum

Inherit from !ReprEnum to keep the str() / format of the mixed-in data type instead of using the Enum-default str() .

EnumCheck contains the options used by the verify decorator to ensure various constraints; failed constraints result in a ValueError.

FlagBoundary controls how out-of-range values are handled in Flag and its subclasses. …

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