From: David B. Held (dheld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-02 11:12:16
"Johan Nilsson" <johan.nilsson_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:asf9bt$7g6$1_at_main.gmane.org...
> [...]
> enum Colors
> {
> Red = 1,
> Blue = 2
> };
>
> struct ColorTable
> : public StaticLookupTable<ColorTable, Colors, std::string>
> {
> LOOKUP_TABLE_BEGIN()
> LOOKUP_ENTRY(Red, "Red")
> LOOKUP_ENTRY(Blue, "Blue")
> LOOKUP_TABLE_END()
> };
> [...]
This looks like something that could/should go into a smart enum library.
The ability to map strings to enums seems common enough (and is just as
important to me as iterating over an enum type).
Dave