From 3e13d0e00c0ec68bea7ee5e23a5eb4934ba32683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Dietrich <george@dietrich.app>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:34:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Document how to change base type of an enum (#9803)
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Co-authored-by: Johannes Müller <straightshoota@gmail.com>
---
 src/enum.cr | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/enum.cr b/src/enum.cr
index 0f2fd022e0cf..c3438d7812dd 100644
--- a/src/enum.cr
+++ b/src/enum.cr
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@
 #   puts "Got blue"
 # end
 # ```
+#
+# ### Changing the Base Type
+#
+# The type of the underlying enum value is `Int32` by default, but it can be changed to any type in `Int::Primitive`.
+#
+# ```
+# enum Color : UInt8
+#   Red
+#   Green
+#   Blue
+# end
+#
+# Color::Red.value # : UInt8
+# ```
 struct Enum
   include Comparable(self)