[issue40025] enum: _generate_next_value_ is not called if its definition occurs after calls to auto()

[Jonathan Hsu]

Jonathan Hsu <jonny...@gmail.com> added the comment:

While the current behavior may be initially unexpected, it does match the way 
that python normally behaves when defining class variables. For example, the 
following class will throw an exception because the function number_two() is 
called before it is defined:


class Numbers:
    one = 1
    two = number_two()

    def number_two():
        return 2

# NameError: name 'number_two' is not defined


However, this version is fine:


class Numbers:
    one = 1

    def number_two():
        return 2

    two = number_two()

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nosy: +Jonathan Hsu

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