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A library for defining enums that can be used in compact bit sets. It supports enums up to 128 variants, and has a macro to use these sets in constants.

Defining enums for use with EnumSet

Enums to be used with EnumSet should be defined using #[derive(EnumSetType)]:

#[derive(EnumSetType, Copy, Clone, Debug)]
pub enum Enum {
   A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
}

Working with EnumSets

EnumSets can be constructed via EnumSet::new() like a normal set. In addition, #[derive(EnumSetType)] creates operator overloads that allow you to create EnumSets like so:

let new_set = Enum::A | Enum::C | Enum::G;
assert_eq!(new_set.len(), 3);

All bitwise operations you would expect to work on bitsets also work on both EnumSets and enums with #[derive(EnumSetType)]:

// Intersection of sets
assert_eq!((Enum::A | Enum::B) & Enum::C, EnumSet::empty());
assert_eq!((Enum::A | Enum::B) & Enum::A, Enum::A);
assert_eq!(Enum::A & Enum::B, EnumSet::empty());

// Symmetric difference of sets
assert_eq!((Enum::A | Enum::B) ^ (Enum::B | Enum::C), Enum::A | Enum::C);
assert_eq!(Enum::A ^ Enum::C, Enum::A | Enum::C);

// Difference of sets
assert_eq!((Enum::A | Enum::B | Enum::C) - Enum::B, Enum::A | Enum::C);

// Complement of sets
assert_eq!(!(Enum::E | Enum::G), Enum::A | Enum::B | Enum::C | Enum::D | Enum::F);

The enum_set! macro allows you to create EnumSets in constant contexts:

const CONST_SET: EnumSet<Enum> = enum_set!(Enum::A | Enum::B);
assert_eq!(CONST_SET, Enum::A | Enum::B);

Mutable operations on the EnumSet otherwise work basically as expected:

let mut set = EnumSet::new();
set.insert(Enum::A);
set.insert_all(Enum::E | Enum::G);
assert!(set.contains(Enum::A));
assert!(!set.contains(Enum::B));
assert_eq!(set, Enum::A | Enum::E | Enum::G);

Macros

Creates a EnumSet literal, which can be used in const contexts.
enum_set_typeDeprecated
Defines enums which can be used with EnumSet.

Structs

An efficient set type for enums.
The iterator used by EnumSet.

Traits

The trait used to define enum types that may be used with EnumSet.

Derive Macros