Crate hodgepodge 

Hodgepodge

hodgepodge bundles ready-made enums you can drop into lessons, prototypes, demos, and coding exercises. Each enum doubles as a small dataset (CSS color keywords, RGB swatches, the periodic table, geography trivia, game pieces, etc.) so you can focus on explaining a concept instead of inventing sample data.

Bring everything into scope with use hodgepodge::*;, then iterate over the variants (with the strum feature), format their values, or serialize them (with the serde feature) depending on what the example calls for.

Feature-gated helpers

• strum – derives [strum_macros::EnumIter] and [strum_macros::EnumCount] for every dataset, re-exporting [IntoEnumIterator] and [EnumCount] so you can iterate over or count the variants without depending on strum directly.
• enum-iter / enum-count – legacy compatibility feature names that now simply forward to strum.
• serde – derives [serde::Serialize] and [serde::Deserialize] so the enums can be persisted in fixtures for tutorials or quick prototypes.

Examples

Iterate through datasets

use hodgepodge::{Element, IntoEnumIterator};

for element in Element::iter() {
    let atomic_number = element as u16;
    println!("{element:?} is element {atomic_number}");
}

Format CSS color hex values

use hodgepodge::CSS;

let swatch = CSS::Tomato;
println!("{swatch:?} renders as #{swatch:06x}");

Serialize and deserialize enums

use hodgepodge::Day;

let json = serde_json::to_string(&Day::Friday).expect("serialize Day");
let day: Day = serde_json::from_str(&json).expect("deserialize Day");
assert_eq!(day, Day::Friday);

Re-exports

pub use colors::*;

pub use science::*;

pub use geography::*;

pub use time::*;

pub use games::*;

pub use misc::*;

Modules

colors

Color palettes ranging from ROYGBIV to CSS keywords. Color datasets ranging from rainbow mnemonics (ROYGBIV) to CMYK, RGB, and curated CSS keyword lists. All enums are C-like, so their discriminants are the RGB hex codes.

games

Games and leisure datasets like playing card suits and ranks. Game-centric datasets such as playing card suits and ranks.

geography

Geographic datasets covering continents, regions, and states. Geographic datasets covering directions, continents, and civic regions.

misc

Miscellaneous grab-bag datasets for playful examples. Miscellaneous datasets such as medals, ordinals, and programming trivia.

science

Science-themed datasets such as planets and SI prefixes. Science datasets such as metric units, SI prefixes, planets, and elements.

time

Temporal datasets including months and weekdays. Timekeeping datasets including weekdays and months.