Typed flags

Type-safe and human-readable sets of bool flags.

Quick start

Start by declaring some types

class eats_meat;
class eats_grass;
class has_tail;

Then bind these types to flag identifiers

typedef typed_flags<eats_meat, eats_grass, has_tail> animal;

Create flags from scratch

animal wolf;
wolf.set<eats_grass>(false);
wolf.set<eats_meat, has_tail>();
wolf.set(flag<has_tail>{1}, flag<eats_meat>{1});

Create flags with a flexible human-readable constructor

wolf = animal{flag<has_tail>{1}, flag<eats_meat>{1}, flag<eats_grass>{0}};

Test each flag separately

assert( (wolf.test<eats_meat>() && wolf.test<has_tail>()) );

Test a group of flags in one call

assert( (wolf.all<eats_meat, has_tail>()) );
assert( (wolf.any<eats_meat, has_tail, eats_grass>()) );
assert( (wolf.none<eats_grass>()) );

Extract flag values

flag<eats_meat> f1;
flag<has_tail> f2;
wolf.get(f1, f2);
assert( f1 && f2 );

Create flags from integers or strings and convert back and forth - like std::bitset

auto a1 = animal{3};
auto a2 = animal{"101"};
assert( a1.to_integral<int>() == 3 );
assert( a2.to_string() == "101" );

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