better-enums/example/1-basic.cc
Anton Bachin 08dbe47edd Added non-throwing versions of enum introduction functions.
These return values of an optional type better_enums::optional<T>. This type is
defined in the spirit of boost::optional<T> and std::optional<T>, but is easy to
manipulate at compile time. Two additional macros BETTER_ENUMS_USE_OPTIONAL and
BETTER_ENUMS_EXTRA_INCLUDE are honored, whose intent is for the user to be able
to inject an alternative option type. However, there are currently no viable
alternatives. boost::optional<T> does not play well with constexpr, and I failed
to make the code compile with std::optional<T>. I did not try very hard. I
intend to support std::optional<T> in the future. Perhaps it will be the
default, when available.
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// Basic conversions to/from strings and the underlying integral type.
#include <iostream>
#include <enum.h>
ENUM(Channel, uint16_t, Red, Green = 2, Blue, Alias = Red);
// Enums should be treated like integers (in memory, Channel is a uint16_t), and
// should generally be passed by value.
void print_channel(Channel channel)
{
std::cout
<< "channel \'"
<< channel.to_string()
<< "\' has value "
<< channel.to_integral()
<< std::endl;
}
int main()
{
// A value must be assigned upon construction.
Channel channel = Channel::Green;
print_channel(channel);
// This will not work, though see example/6-traits.cc for an alternative.
// Channel default_constructed_channel;
// Conversions from strings and the integral type. Static members of Channel
// are prefixed with _ to avoid conflicts with constant names.
// _from_integral is a checked cast.
channel = Channel::_from_integral(0);
print_channel(channel);
channel = Channel::_from_string("Blue");
print_channel(channel);
channel = Channel::_from_string_nocase("bluE");
print_channel(channel);
// Failed conversions.
try {
channel = Channel::_from_integral(15);
throw std::logic_error("expected an exception");
}
catch (const std::runtime_error &e) { }
try {
channel = Channel::_from_string("Purple");
throw std::logic_error("expected an exception");
}
catch (const std::runtime_error &e) { }
try {
channel = Channel::_from_string_nocase("bluee");
throw std::logic_error("expected an exception");
}
catch (const std::runtime_error &e) { }
// Conversions with the nothrow (optional) interface.
auto maybe_channel = Channel::_from_string_nothrow("foo");
if (maybe_channel)
throw std::logic_error("expected conversion failure");
maybe_channel = Channel::_from_string_nothrow("Blue");
if (!maybe_channel)
throw std::logic_error("expected successful conversion");
print_channel(*maybe_channel);
// Unsafe unchecked cast.
channel = Channel::_from_integral_unchecked(2);
// Direct operations on a constant require a promotion with the unary +
// operator. This is an implementation artifact - constants are not actually
// values of type Channel, but of type Channel::_Enumerated, and the
// compiler isn't always able to implicitly promote the latter to the
// former. + is used to force the promotion.
std::cout << (+Channel::Green).to_string() << std::endl;
// This will not work.
// std::cout << (Channel::Green).to_string() << std::endl;
// The type name is available as a string.
std::cout << Channel::_name << std::endl;
return 0;
}
static_assert(sizeof(Channel) == sizeof(uint16_t),
"enum has the same size as its underlying integral type");
static_assert(alignof(Channel) == alignof(uint16_t),
"enum has the same alignment as its underlying integral type");
static_assert(std::is_same<Channel::_Integral, uint16_t>(),
"the underlying integral type is accessible as a member");