Crate altbitflags

This crate contains macros that make creating bitfields more intuitive.

It is an alternative way of what 'Rust Compiler Team Bitflags' do. It is not similar to C bitflags but it may be a bit easier to read and use in some cases. Furthermore, this crate does not conflict with 'Rust Compiler Team Bitflags' and you can use both as it must be okay.

Example

// Create some structure which will act like a bitfield structure.
struct Something(i64);

impl Something {

    // Create ReadWrite flag called 'present' (or shorthand 'p').
    // To set a value use 'set_p' or 'set_present'.
    // Flag position is bit number 0.
    flag_rw!(p, set_p, present, set_present, 0);

    // Create ReadOnly flag 'extended' (and 'e') at position 1.
    flag_ro!(e, extended, 1);

    // Shorter version of a flag_rw! macro.
    flag_rw!(a, set_a, 2);

    // Shorter version of a flag_ro! macro.
    flag_ro!(b, 3);
}

fn main() {
    let mut something = Something(0);

    // This means the same thing:
    if (something.p()) { /* ... */ }
    if (something.present()) { /* ... */ }

    // As does this:
    something.set_present(true);
    something.set_p(true);
}

Macros

flag_ro	Create read-only flag.
flag_rw	Create read-write flag.