On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 11:28 PM Masse Nicolas via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
Hi all,
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enum struct option : uint { none = 0, first = 1, second = 2, third = 4, forth = 8 };
static constexpr flags<option> var1 = option::first; static constexpr flags<option> var2 = option::second | option::third; static constexpr auto var3 = var1 | var2; /* type will be resolved into flags<option> */ static constexpr auto var4 = option::first | option::second | option::third; /* works too */
I think a better approach is to fully define the flag type as a class (without the enum). It gives you slightly less typing for the user. Such flags type would be defined similar to how the NamedType library is used. There's also a neat trick to not have to manually specify powers of two (and possibly get it wrong) using a separate type for bit numbers. using my_flags_type = flag_type<std::uint8, struct my_flags_tag>; constexpr my_flags_type red = 0_bit; constexpr my_flags_type green = 1_bit; constexpr my_flags_type blue = 2_bit; I describe such a flag type in this lightning talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGrnKr9rSz4 -- Arvid Norberg