Add LAF_ENUM_FLAGS() macro

base/enum_flags.h

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+// LAF Base Library
+// Copyright (C) 2024  Igara Studio S.A.
+//
+// This file is released under the terms of the MIT license.
+// Read LICENSE.txt for more information.
+
+#ifndef BASE_ENUM_FLAGS_H_INCLUDED
+#define BASE_ENUM_FLAGS_H_INCLUDED
+#pragma once
+
+#include <type_traits>
+
+// When C++0x was being redacted, I was expecting that the final C++11
+// was going to introduce something similar to the C# [Flags]
+// attribute, but that never happened. I tried some approaches in the
+// past even to emulate C++11 enums in the C++03 era (enclosing the
+// values in its own struct/namespace):
+//
+//   https://github.com/dacap/vaca/blob/main/vaca/Enum.h
+//
+// But now that we have "class enum" to define the type and values in
+// its own scope/namespace, here is a straightforward approach: we
+// just define the "enum class" and then use a macro to define all
+// required operators:
+//
+//   enum class Name { A=1, B=2, C=4 };
+//   LAF_ENUM_FLAGS(Name);
+//
+// There are libraries that do something similar like enum-flags:
+//
+//   https://github.com/grisumbras/enum-flags
+//
+#define LAF_ENUM_FLAGS(T)                               \
+  constexpr inline T operator|(const T a, const T b) {  \
+    using U = std::underlying_type_t<T>;                \
+    return static_cast<T>(static_cast<U>(a) |           \
+                          static_cast<U>(b));           \
+  }                                                     \
+                                                        \
+  constexpr inline T operator&(const T a, const T b) {  \
+    using U = std::underlying_type_t<T>;                \
+    return static_cast<T>(static_cast<U>(a) &           \
+                          static_cast<U>(b));           \
+  }                                                     \
+                                                        \
+  constexpr inline T operator^(const T a, const T b) {  \
+    using U = std::underlying_type_t<T>;                \
+    return static_cast<T>(static_cast<U>(a) ^           \
+                          static_cast<U>(b));           \
+  }                                                     \
+                                                        \
+  constexpr inline T& operator|=(T& a, const T b) {     \
+    a = a | b;                                          \
+    return a;                                           \
+  }                                                     \
+                                                        \
+  constexpr inline T& operator&=(T& a, const T b) {     \
+    a = a & b;                                          \
+    return a;                                           \
+  }                                                     \
+                                                        \
+  constexpr inline T& operator^=(T& a, const T b) {     \
+    a = a ^ b;                                          \
+    return a;                                           \
+  }
+
+#endif

base/enum_flags_tests.cpp

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+// LAF Base Library
+// Copyright (C) 2024  Igara Studio S.A.
+//
+// This file is released under the terms of the MIT license.
+// Read LICENSE.txt for more information.
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "base/enum_flags.h"
+
+#include "base/ints.h"
+
+enum class U8 : uint8_t { A=1, B=2, C=4 };
+enum class U32 : uint32_t { A=1, B=256 };
+
+LAF_ENUM_FLAGS(U8);
+LAF_ENUM_FLAGS(U32);
+
+TEST(EnumFlags, Uint8)
+{
+  U8 a = { };
+  EXPECT_EQ(U8(0), a);
+
+  a |= U8::A; EXPECT_EQ(U8::A, a);
+  a |= U8::B; EXPECT_EQ(U8::A | U8::B, a);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(U8::B, a & U8::B);
+  EXPECT_EQ(U8(0), a & U8::C);
+  EXPECT_EQ(U8::A | U8::B, a & (U8::A | U8::B));
+
+  a &= U8::B;
+  EXPECT_EQ(U8::B, a);
+
+  a ^= U8::C;
+  EXPECT_EQ(U8::B | U8::C, a);
+}
+
+TEST(EnumFlags, Conversion)
+{
+  U32 a = U32::A | U32::B;
+  EXPECT_EQ(U32::A | U32::B, a);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(uint32_t(U8::A), uint32_t(U32::A));
+
+  U8 b = U8(a);
+  EXPECT_EQ(U8::A, b);          // U32::B is lost in uint8_t
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}