[Boost-users] lazy question: any good way to convert enums to human readable strings?

I have done very little searching, but it seemed worth just asking... sorry if this is newsgroup pollution: Does anyone have a favored way to convert large enums into stings suitable for printing? For example, we have an enum declared: enum eFurniture { eOT_chair = 1, eOT_stool =2, eOT_sofa =3, ... eOT_lounger = 1000, }; It would be really nice if there were a programmatic way to do something like: STRINGED_ENUM(eFurniture) E_STRING(eOT_chair, 1) E_STRING(eOT_stool, 2) E_STRING(eOT_sofa, 3) ... E_STRING(eOT_lounger, 1000) and then there would be a programmatic way to get both the enum and the string, such as eFurniture eTheAntique = eOT_stool; //and then... char* szTheAntique[128]; GetEnumString<eObjectTypes>(eTheAntique, szTheAntique); printf("the antique is %s\n", szTheAntique); //or maybe... char* szTheAntique = eFurniture_STRING_TABLE[eTheAntique]; Any recomendations? Thanks, Andy.