-----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Tomas Puverle Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 12:07 PM To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [Boost-users] safe assign of int to enum

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template<typename Enum> typename Enum::type convert_enum(int a) { typedef typename Enum::type type_; assert(a >= Enum::min && a <= Enum::max); return type_(a); }

This won't work for enums where the range is not continuous.

I wrote a library for "smart enums" that allow you to:

I am aware of these limitations :) I vote for post!