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gh-98250: Improve documentation about change to Enum.__format__ #98261

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gh-98250: Improve documentation about change to Enum.__format__
mdboom Oct 14, 2022
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Add note about `__format__` used in f-strings
mdboom Oct 17, 2022
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
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* ``EnumMeta`` renamed to ``EnumType`` (``EnumMeta`` kept as alias).

* The output of ``Enum.__format__`` (which effects using enums with f-strings)
has changed to include both the enum name and the member name (e.g.
``Enum.MEMBER``). In 3.10 and earlier it only included the member name (e.g.
``MEMBER``). To restore the new behavior, inherit from a subclass of
``ReprEnum``, such as ``IntEnum`` or ``StrEnum``.

* ``StrEnum`` added -- enum members are and must be strings.

* ``ReprEnum`` added -- causes only the ``__repr__`` to be modified, not the
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