const std = @import("std"); /// Create an enum type with the given keys that is C ABI compatible /// if we're targeting C, otherwise a Zig enum with smallest possible /// backing type. /// /// In all cases, the enum keys will be created in the order given. /// For C ABI, this means that the order MUST NOT be changed in order /// to preserve ABI compatibility. You can set a key to null to /// remove it from the Zig enum while keeping the "hole" in the C enum /// to preserve ABI compatibility. /// /// C detection is up to the caller, since there are multiple ways /// to do that. We rely on the `target` parameter to determine whether we /// should create a C compatible enum or a Zig enum. /// /// For the Zig enum, the enum value is not guaranteed to be stable, so /// it shouldn't be relied for things like serialization. pub fn Enum( target: Target, keys: []const ?[:0]const u8, ) type { var fields: [keys.len]std.builtin.Type.EnumField = undefined; var fields_i: usize = 0; var holes: usize = 0; for (keys) |key_| { const key: [:0]const u8 = key_ orelse { switch (target) { // For Zig we don't track holes because the enum value // isn't guaranteed to be stable and we want to use the // smallest possible backing type. .zig => {}, // For C we must track holes to preserve ABI compatibility // with subsequent values. .c => holes += 1, } continue; }; fields[fields_i] = .{ .name = key, .value = fields_i + holes, }; fields_i += 1; } // Assigned to var so that the type name is nicer in stack traces. const Result = @Type(.{ .@"enum" = .{ .tag_type = switch (target) { .c => c_int, .zig => std.math.IntFittingRange(0, fields_i - 1), }, .fields = fields[0..fields_i], .decls = &.{}, .is_exhaustive = true, } }); return Result; } pub const Target = union(enum) { c, zig, }; test "zig" { const testing = std.testing; const T = Enum(.zig, &.{ "a", "b", "c", "d" }); const info = @typeInfo(T).@"enum"; try testing.expectEqual(u2, info.tag_type); } test "c" { const testing = std.testing; const T = Enum(.c, &.{ "a", "b", "c", "d" }); const info = @typeInfo(T).@"enum"; try testing.expectEqual(c_int, info.tag_type); } test "abi by removing a key" { const testing = std.testing; // C { const T = Enum(.c, &.{ "a", "b", null, "d" }); const info = @typeInfo(T).@"enum"; try testing.expectEqual(c_int, info.tag_type); try testing.expectEqual(3, @intFromEnum(T.d)); } // Zig { const T = Enum(.zig, &.{ "a", "b", null, "d" }); const info = @typeInfo(T).@"enum"; try testing.expectEqual(u2, info.tag_type); try testing.expectEqual(2, @intFromEnum(T.d)); } }