Message 325023 - Python tracker

Okay, I might be changing my mind.  In most cases I suspect the difference would be minimal, but when it isn't, it really isn't.  Take this example from a pydoc test:

  class Color(enum.Enum)
   |  Color(value, names=None, *, module=None, qualname=None, type=None, start=1)
   |  
   |  An enumeration.
   |  
   |  Method resolution order:
   |      Color
   |      enum.Enum
   |      builtins.object
   |  
   |  Data and other attributes defined here:
   |  
-  |  blue = <test.test_enum.TestStdLib.Color.blue: 3>
+  |  blue = <Color.blue: 3>
   |  
-  |  green = <test.test_enum.TestStdLib.Color.green: 2>
+  |  green = <Color.green: 2>
   |  
-  |  red = <test.test_enum.TestStdLib.Color.red: 1>
+  |  red = <Color.red: 1>

It feels like the important information is completely lost in the noise.

Okay, I'm rejecting the __repr__ changes.  Besides the potential verbosity, there should usually only be one of any particular Enum, __module__ and __qualname__ are both readily available when there are more than one (either on accident or by design), and users can modify their own __repr__s if they like.

I'm still thinking about the change in _convert_ to modify __str__ to use the module name instead of the class name....  Here are my questions about that:

- Modify just __str__ or __repr__ as well?
    socket.AF_UNIX instead of AddressFamily.AF_UNIX
    <socket.AddressFamily.AF_UNIX: 1> instead of <AddressFamily.AF_UNIX: 1>

- potential confusion that actual instances of Enum in the stdlib appear
  differently than "regular" Enums?  Or perhaps call out those differences
  in the documentation as examples of customization?