From 3d0435b37253be8d088dfca97338d9e0f894fcf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KristofferC <kristoffer.carlsson@juliacomputing.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:23:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add docs for creating a symbol from an enum instance

---
 base/Enums.jl | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/base/Enums.jl b/base/Enums.jl
index 7b5e9587d5f6c..87287c19ff879 100644
--- a/base/Enums.jl
+++ b/base/Enums.jl
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ To list all the instances of an enum use `instances`, e.g.
 julia> instances(Fruit)
 (apple, orange, kiwi)
 ```
+
+It is possible to construct a symbol from an enum instance:
+
+```jldoctest fruitenum
+julia> Symbol(apple)
+:apple
+```
 """
 macro enum(T::Union{Symbol,Expr}, syms...)
     if isempty(syms)