我的意见，虽然这和行动要求的不完全相符。以下是有关参考资料。

namespace enums
{

template <typename T, T I, char ...Chars>
struct enums : std::integral_constant<T, I>
{
  static constexpr char const chars[sizeof...(Chars)]{Chars...};
};

template <typename T, T X, typename S, std::size_t ...I>
constexpr auto make(std::index_sequence<I...>) noexcept
{
  return enums<T, X, S().chars[I]...>();
}

#define ENUM(s, n) []() noexcept{\
  struct S { char const (&chars)[sizeof(s)]{s}; };\
  return enums::make<decltype(n), n, S>(\
    std::make_index_sequence<sizeof(s)>());}()

#define ENUM_T(s, n)\
  static constexpr auto s ## _tmp{ENUM(#s, n)};\
  using s ## _enum_t = decltype(s ## _tmp)

template <typename T, typename ...A, std::size_t N>
inline auto map(char const (&s)[N]) noexcept
{
  constexpr auto invalid(~T{});

  auto r{invalid};

  return
    (
      (
        invalid == r ?
          r = std::strncmp(A::chars, s, N) ? invalid : A{} :
          r
      ),
      ...
    );
}

}

int main()
{
  ENUM_T(echo, 0);
  ENUM_T(cat, 1);
  ENUM_T(ls, 2);

  std::cout << echo_enum_t{} << " " << echo_enum_t::chars << std::endl;

  std::cout << enums::map<int, echo_enum_t, cat_enum_t, ls_enum_t>("ls")) << std::endl;

  return 0;
}

你生成了一个类型，你可以把它转换成整数或者字符串。

Magic Enum头库为c++ 17的枚举(到字符串，从字符串，迭代)提供静态反射。

#include <magic_enum.hpp>

enum Color { RED = 2, BLUE = 4, GREEN = 8 };

Color color = Color::RED;
auto color_name = magic_enum::enum_name(color);
// color_name -> "RED"

std::string color_name{"GREEN"};
auto color = magic_enum::enum_cast<Color>(color_name)
if (color.has_value()) {
  // color.value() -> Color::GREEN
};

更多示例请查看home repository https://github.com/Neargye/magic_enum。

缺点在哪里?

这个库使用了一个特定于编译器的hack(基于__PRETTY_FUNCTION__ / __FUNCSIG__)，它在Clang >= 5, MSVC >= 15.3和GCC >= 9上工作。

枚举值必须在范围[MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MIN, MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MAX]内。

By default MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MIN = -128, MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MAX = 128. If need another range for all enum types by default, redefine the macro MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MIN and MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MAX. MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MIN must be less or equals than 0 and must be greater than INT16_MIN. MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MAX must be greater than 0 and must be less than INT16_MAX. If need another range for specific enum type, add specialization enum_range for necessary enum type. #include <magic_enum.hpp> enum number { one = 100, two = 200, three = 300 }; namespace magic_enum { template <> struct enum_range<number> { static constexpr int min = 100; static constexpr int max = 300; }; }

非常简单的解决方案，但有一个很大的限制:你不能将自定义值分配给枚举值，但通过正确的正则表达式，你可以这样做。你也可以添加一个映射，将它们转换回枚举值，而不需要更多的努力:

#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <regex>
#include <iterator>

std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string& s, 
                               const std::regex& delim = std::regex(",\\s*"))
{
    using namespace std;
    vector<string> cont;
    copy(regex_token_iterator<string::const_iterator>(s.begin(), s.end(), delim, -1), 
         regex_token_iterator<string::const_iterator>(),
         back_inserter(cont));
    return cont;
}

#define EnumType(Type, ...)     enum class Type { __VA_ARGS__ }

#define EnumStrings(Type, ...)  static const std::vector<std::string> \
                                Type##Strings = split(#__VA_ARGS__);

#define EnumToString(Type, ...) EnumType(Type, __VA_ARGS__); \
                                EnumStrings(Type, __VA_ARGS__)

使用的例子:

EnumToString(MyEnum, Red, Green, Blue);

根据OP的要求，这里有一个基于Boost preproessor和Variadic Macros的丑陋宏解决方案的精简版本。

它允许类似枚举元素语法的简单列表，并为特定元素设置值，以便

XXX_ENUM(foo,(a,b,(c,42)));

扩大到

enum foo {
    a,
    b,
    c=42
};

与必要的函数一起输出并做一些转换。这个宏已经存在了很长时间，我不完全确定这是最有效的方式，或者它是一种一致的方式，但它一直以来都在工作

完整的代码可以在Ideone和Coliru中看到。

它的巨大丑陋在上面;如果我知道怎么做，我会把它放在剧透后面保护你的眼睛，但markdown不喜欢我。

库(合并在一个头文件中)

#include <boost/preprocessor.hpp>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>

namespace xxx
{

template<class T>
struct enum_cast_adl_helper { };

template<class E>
E enum_cast( const std::string& s )
{
    return do_enum_cast(s,enum_cast_adl_helper<E>());
}

template<class E>
E enum_cast( const char* cs )
{
    std::string s(cs);
    return enum_cast<E>(s);
}

} // namespace xxx

#define XXX_PP_ARG_N(                             \
          _1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6, _7, _8, _9,_10, \
         _11,_12,_13,_14,_15,_16,_17,_18,_19,_20, \
         _21,_22,_23,_24,_25,_26,_27,_28,_29,_30, \
         _31,_32,_33,_34,_35,_36,_37,_38,_39,_40, \
         _41,_42,_43,_44,_45,_46,_47,_48,_49,_50, \
         _51,_52,_53,_54,_55,_56,_57,_58,_59,_60, \
         _61,_62,_63,N,...) N

#define XXX_PP_RSEQ_N()                 \
         63,62,61,60,                   \
         59,58,57,56,55,54,53,52,51,50, \
         49,48,47,46,45,44,43,42,41,40, \
         39,38,37,36,35,34,33,32,31,30, \
         29,28,27,26,25,24,23,22,21,20, \
         19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10, \
         9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 

#define XXX_PP_NARG_(...) XXX_PP_ARG_N(__VA_ARGS__)
#define XXX_PP_NARG(...)  XXX_PP_NARG_(__VA_ARGS__,XXX_PP_RSEQ_N())
#define XXX_TUPLE_SIZE_INTERNAL(TUPLE) XXX_PP_NARG TUPLE

#define XXX_TUPLE_CHOICE(i)                            \
  BOOST_PP_APPLY(                                      \
    BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(                               \
      25, i, (                                         \
        (0), (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8),   \
        (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), \
        (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24) \
  ) ) )

#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_00  BOOST_PP_BOOL_0
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_01  BOOST_PP_BOOL_1
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_02  BOOST_PP_BOOL_2
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_03  BOOST_PP_BOOL_3
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_04  BOOST_PP_BOOL_4
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_05  BOOST_PP_BOOL_5
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_06  BOOST_PP_BOOL_6
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_07  BOOST_PP_BOOL_7
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_08  BOOST_PP_BOOL_8
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_09  BOOST_PP_BOOL_9
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_010 BOOST_PP_BOOL_10
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_011 BOOST_PP_BOOL_11
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_012 BOOST_PP_BOOL_12
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_013 BOOST_PP_BOOL_13
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_014 BOOST_PP_BOOL_14
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_015 BOOST_PP_BOOL_15
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_016 BOOST_PP_BOOL_16
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_017 BOOST_PP_BOOL_17
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_018 BOOST_PP_BOOL_18
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_019 BOOST_PP_BOOL_19
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_020 BOOST_PP_BOOL_20
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_021 BOOST_PP_BOOL_21
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_022 BOOST_PP_BOOL_22
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_023 BOOST_PP_BOOL_23
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_024 BOOST_PP_BOOL_24
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_025 BOOST_PP_BOOL_25
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_026 BOOST_PP_BOOL_26
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_027 BOOST_PP_BOOL_27
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_028 BOOST_PP_BOOL_28
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_029 BOOST_PP_BOOL_29
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_030 BOOST_PP_BOOL_30
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_031 BOOST_PP_BOOL_31
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_032 BOOST_PP_BOOL_32
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_033 BOOST_PP_BOOL_33
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_034 BOOST_PP_BOOL_34
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_035 BOOST_PP_BOOL_35
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_036 BOOST_PP_BOOL_36
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_037 BOOST_PP_BOOL_37
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_038 BOOST_PP_BOOL_38
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_039 BOOST_PP_BOOL_39
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_040 BOOST_PP_BOOL_40
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_041 BOOST_PP_BOOL_41
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_042 BOOST_PP_BOOL_42
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_043 BOOST_PP_BOOL_43
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_044 BOOST_PP_BOOL_44
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_045 BOOST_PP_BOOL_45
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_046 BOOST_PP_BOOL_46
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_047 BOOST_PP_BOOL_47
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_048 BOOST_PP_BOOL_48
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_049 BOOST_PP_BOOL_49
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_050 BOOST_PP_BOOL_50
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_051 BOOST_PP_BOOL_51
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_052 BOOST_PP_BOOL_52
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_053 BOOST_PP_BOOL_53
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_054 BOOST_PP_BOOL_54
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_055 BOOST_PP_BOOL_55
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_056 BOOST_PP_BOOL_56
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_057 BOOST_PP_BOOL_57
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_058 BOOST_PP_BOOL_58
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_059 BOOST_PP_BOOL_59
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_060 BOOST_PP_BOOL_60
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_061 BOOST_PP_BOOL_61
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_062 BOOST_PP_BOOL_62
#define BOOST_PP_BOOL_063 BOOST_PP_BOOL_63

#define BOOST_PP_DEC_00  BOOST_PP_DEC_0
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_01  BOOST_PP_DEC_1
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_02  BOOST_PP_DEC_2
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_03  BOOST_PP_DEC_3
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_04  BOOST_PP_DEC_4
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_05  BOOST_PP_DEC_5
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_06  BOOST_PP_DEC_6
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_07  BOOST_PP_DEC_7
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_08  BOOST_PP_DEC_8
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_09  BOOST_PP_DEC_9
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_010 BOOST_PP_DEC_10
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_011 BOOST_PP_DEC_11
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_012 BOOST_PP_DEC_12
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_013 BOOST_PP_DEC_13
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_014 BOOST_PP_DEC_14
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_015 BOOST_PP_DEC_15
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_016 BOOST_PP_DEC_16
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_017 BOOST_PP_DEC_17
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_018 BOOST_PP_DEC_18
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_019 BOOST_PP_DEC_19
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_020 BOOST_PP_DEC_20
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_021 BOOST_PP_DEC_21
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_022 BOOST_PP_DEC_22
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_023 BOOST_PP_DEC_23
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_024 BOOST_PP_DEC_24
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_025 BOOST_PP_DEC_25
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_026 BOOST_PP_DEC_26
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_027 BOOST_PP_DEC_27
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_028 BOOST_PP_DEC_28
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_029 BOOST_PP_DEC_29
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_030 BOOST_PP_DEC_30
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_031 BOOST_PP_DEC_31
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_032 BOOST_PP_DEC_32
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_033 BOOST_PP_DEC_33
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_034 BOOST_PP_DEC_34
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_035 BOOST_PP_DEC_35
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_036 BOOST_PP_DEC_36
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_037 BOOST_PP_DEC_37
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_038 BOOST_PP_DEC_38
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_039 BOOST_PP_DEC_39
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_040 BOOST_PP_DEC_40
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_041 BOOST_PP_DEC_41
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_042 BOOST_PP_DEC_42
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_043 BOOST_PP_DEC_43
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_044 BOOST_PP_DEC_44
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_045 BOOST_PP_DEC_45
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_046 BOOST_PP_DEC_46
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_047 BOOST_PP_DEC_47
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_048 BOOST_PP_DEC_48
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_049 BOOST_PP_DEC_49
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_050 BOOST_PP_DEC_50
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_051 BOOST_PP_DEC_51
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_052 BOOST_PP_DEC_52
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_053 BOOST_PP_DEC_53
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_054 BOOST_PP_DEC_54
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_055 BOOST_PP_DEC_55
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_056 BOOST_PP_DEC_56
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_057 BOOST_PP_DEC_57
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_058 BOOST_PP_DEC_58
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_059 BOOST_PP_DEC_59
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_060 BOOST_PP_DEC_60
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_061 BOOST_PP_DEC_61
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_062 BOOST_PP_DEC_62
#define BOOST_PP_DEC_063 BOOST_PP_DEC_63

#define XXX_TO_NUMx(x) 0 ## x
#define XXX_TO_NUM(x) BOOST_PP_ADD(0,XXX_TO_NUMx(x))
#define XXX_STRINGIZEX(x) # x
#define XXX_VSTRINGIZE_SINGLE(a,b,x) XXX_STRINGIZE(x)
#define XXX_VSTRINGIZE_TUPLE(tpl) XXX_TUPLE_FOR_EACH(XXX_VSTRINGIZE_SINGLE,,tpl)
#define XXX_TUPLE_SIZE(TUPLE) XXX_TO_NUM(XXX_TUPLE_CHOICE(XXX_TUPLE_SIZE_INTERNAL(TUPLE)))
#define XXX_TUPLE_FOR_EACH(MACRO,DATA,TUPLE) BOOST_PP_LIST_FOR_EACH(MACRO,DATA,BOOST_PP_TUPLE_TO_LIST(XXX_TUPLE_SIZE(TUPLE),TUPLE))
#define XXX_STRINGIZE(x) XXX_STRINGIZEX(x)
#define XXX_VSTRINGIZE(...) XXX_VSTRINGIZE_TUPLE((__VA_ARGS__))
#define XXX_CAST_TO_VOID_ELEMENT(r,data,elem) (void)(elem);
#define XXX_CAST_TO_VOID_INTERNAL(TUPLE) XXX_TUPLE_FOR_EACH(XXX_CAST_TO_VOID_ELEMENT,,TUPLE)    
#define XXX_CAST_TO_VOID(...) XXX_CAST_TO_VOID_INTERNAL((__VA_ARGS__))
#define XXX_ENUM_EXTRACT_SP(en) BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(XXX_TUPLE_SIZE(en),0,en) = BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(XXX_TUPLE_SIZE(en),1,en)
#define XXX_ENUM_ELEMENT(r,data,elem) BOOST_PP_IF( XXX_TUPLE_SIZE(elem), XXX_ENUM_EXTRACT_SP(elem), elem) ,
#define XXX_ENUM_EXTRACT_ELEMENT(en) BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM(XXX_TUPLE_SIZE(en),0,en)
#define XXX_ENUM_CASE_ELEMENT(en) BOOST_PP_IF( XXX_TUPLE_SIZE(en), XXX_ENUM_EXTRACT_ELEMENT(en), en )
#define XXX_ENUM_CASE(r,data,elem) case data :: XXX_ENUM_CASE_ELEMENT(elem) : return #data "::" XXX_STRINGIZE(XXX_ENUM_CASE_ELEMENT(elem));
#define XXX_ENUM_IFELSE(r,data,elem) else if( en == data :: XXX_ENUM_CASE_ELEMENT(elem)) { return #data "::" XXX_STRINGIZE(XXX_ENUM_CASE_ELEMENT(elem)); }
#define XXX_ENUM_CASTLIST(r,data,elem) { XXX_STRINGIZE(XXX_ENUM_CASE_ELEMENT(elem)), data :: XXX_ENUM_CASE_ELEMENT(elem) },
#define XXX_ENUM_QUALIFIED_CASTLIST(r,data,elem) { #data "::" XXX_STRINGIZE(XXX_ENUM_CASE_ELEMENT(elem)), data :: XXX_ENUM_CASE_ELEMENT(elem) },

#define XXX_ENUM_INTERNAL(TYPE,NAME,TUPLE)                       \
enum TYPE                                                        \
{                                                                \
   XXX_TUPLE_FOR_EACH(XXX_ENUM_ELEMENT,,TUPLE)                   \
   BOOST_PP_CAT(last_enum_,NAME)                                 \
};                                                               \
                                                                 \
inline                                                           \
const char* to_string( NAME en )                                 \
{                                                                \
   if(false)                                                     \
   {                                                             \
   }                                                             \
   XXX_TUPLE_FOR_EACH(XXX_ENUM_IFELSE,NAME,TUPLE)                \
   else if( en == NAME :: BOOST_PP_CAT(last_enum_,NAME) )        \
   {                                                             \
     return XXX_VSTRINGIZE(NAME,::,BOOST_PP_CAT(last_enum_,NAME));  \
   }                                                             \
   else                                                          \
   {                                                             \
     return "Invalid enum value specified for " # NAME;          \
   }                                                             \
}                                                                \
                                                                 \
inline                                                           \
std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& os, const NAME& en )     \
{                                                                \
   os << to_string(en);                                          \
   return os;                                                    \
}                                                                \
                                                                 \
inline                                                           \
NAME do_enum_cast( const std::string& s, const ::xxx::enum_cast_adl_helper<NAME>& ) \
{                                                                \
  static const std::unordered_map<std::string,NAME> map =        \
  {                                                              \
    XXX_TUPLE_FOR_EACH(XXX_ENUM_CASTLIST,NAME,TUPLE)             \
    XXX_TUPLE_FOR_EACH(XXX_ENUM_QUALIFIED_CASTLIST,NAME,TUPLE)   \
  };                                                             \
                                                                 \
  auto cit = map.find(s);                                        \
  if( cit == map.end() )                                         \
  {                                                              \
    throw std::runtime_error("Invalid value to cast to enum");   \
  }                                                              \
  return cit->second;                                            \
}

#define XXX_ENUM(NAME,TUPLE) XXX_ENUM_INTERNAL(NAME,NAME,TUPLE)
#define XXX_ENUM_CLASS(NAME,TUPLE) XXX_ENUM_INTERNAL(class NAME,NAME,TUPLE)
#define XXX_ENUM_CLASS_TYPE(NAME,TYPE,TUPLE) XXX_ENUM_INTERNAL(class NAME : TYPE,NAME,TUPLE)
#define XXX_ENUM_TYPE(NAME,TYPE,TUPLE) XXX_ENUM_INTERNAL(NAME : TYPE,NAME,TUPLE)

使用

#include "xxx_enum.h"  // the above lib
#include <iostream>

XXX_ENUM(foo,(a,b,(c,42)));

int main()
{
  std::cout << "foo::a = "            << foo::a            <<'\n';
  std::cout << "(int)foo::c = "       << (int)foo::c       <<'\n';
  std::cout << "to_string(foo::b) = " << to_string(foo::b) <<'\n';
  std::cout << "xxx::enum_cast<foo>(\"b\") = " << xxx::enum_cast<foo>("b") <<'\n';
}

编译(在main.cpp中复制粘贴头文件)

> g++ --version | sed 1q
g++ (GCC) 4.9.2

> g++ -std=c++14 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra main.cpp
main.cpp:268:31: warning: extra ';' [-Wpedantic]
     XXX_ENUM(foo,(a,b,(c,42)));
                               ^

输出

foo::a = foo::a
(int)foo::c = 42
to_string(foo::b) = foo::b
xxx::enum_cast<foo>("b") = foo::b

只要你愿意为每个可查询枚举编写单独的.h/.cpp对，这个解决方案的语法和功能与常规的c++枚举几乎相同:

// MyEnum.h
#include <EnumTraits.h>
#ifndef ENUM_INCLUDE_MULTI
#pragma once
#end if

enum MyEnum : int ETRAITS
{
    EDECL(AAA) = -8,
    EDECL(BBB) = '8',
    EDECL(CCC) = AAA + BBB
};

.cpp文件是3行样板文件:

// MyEnum.cpp
#define ENUM_DEFINE MyEnum
#define ENUM_INCLUDE <MyEnum.h>
#include <EnumTraits.inl>

使用示例:

for (MyEnum value : EnumTraits<MyEnum>::GetValues())
    std::cout << EnumTraits<MyEnum>::GetName(value) << std::endl;

Code

该解决方案需要2个源文件:

// EnumTraits.h
#pragma once
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <vector>

#define ETRAITS
#define EDECL(x) x

template <class ENUM>
class EnumTraits
{
public:
    static const std::vector<ENUM>& GetValues()
    {
        return values;
    }

    static ENUM GetValue(const char* name)
    {
        auto match = valueMap.find(name);
        return (match == valueMap.end() ? ENUM() : match->second);
    }

    static const char* GetName(ENUM value)
    {
        auto match = nameMap.find(value);
        return (match == nameMap.end() ? nullptr : match->second);
    }

public:
    EnumTraits() = delete;

    using vector_type = std::vector<ENUM>;
    using name_map_type = std::unordered_map<ENUM, const char*>;
    using value_map_type = std::unordered_map<std::string, ENUM>;

private:
    static const vector_type values;
    static const name_map_type nameMap;
    static const value_map_type valueMap;
};

struct EnumInitGuard{ constexpr const EnumInitGuard& operator=(int) const { return *this; } };
template <class T> constexpr T& operator<<=(T&& x, const EnumInitGuard&) { return x; }

…

// EnumTraits.inl
#define ENUM_INCLUDE_MULTI

#include ENUM_INCLUDE
#undef ETRAITS
#undef EDECL

using EnumType = ENUM_DEFINE;
using TraitsType = EnumTraits<EnumType>;
using VectorType = typename TraitsType::vector_type;
using NameMapType = typename TraitsType::name_map_type;
using ValueMapType = typename TraitsType::value_map_type;
using NamePairType = typename NameMapType::value_type;
using ValuePairType = typename ValueMapType::value_type;

#define ETRAITS ; const VectorType TraitsType::values
#define EDECL(x) EnumType::x <<= EnumInitGuard()
#include ENUM_INCLUDE
#undef ETRAITS
#undef EDECL

#define ETRAITS ; const NameMapType TraitsType::nameMap
#define EDECL(x) NamePairType(EnumType::x, #x) <<= EnumInitGuard()
#include ENUM_INCLUDE
#undef ETRAITS
#undef EDECL

#define ETRAITS ; const ValueMapType TraitsType::valueMap
#define EDECL(x) ValuePairType(#x, EnumType::x) <<= EnumInitGuard()
#include ENUM_INCLUDE
#undef ETRAITS
#undef EDECL

解释

此实现利用了这样一个事实，即枚举定义的带括号元素列表也可以用作类成员初始化的带括号初始化列表。

当ETRAITS在enumtrait .inl的上下文中计算时， 它展开为EnumTraits<>类的静态成员定义。

EDECL宏将每个枚举成员转换为初始化列表值，这些值随后被传递到成员构造函数中，以填充枚举信息。

EnumInitGuard类被设计为使用枚举初始化式值，然后折叠——留下一个纯枚举数据列表。

好处

c++式的语法 对枚举和枚举类的工作相同(*几乎) 适用于具有任何数字基础类型的enum类型 适用于具有自动、显式和分段初始化值的enum类型 大规模重命名工作(智能感知链接保留) 只有5个预处理器符号(3个全局的)

*与枚举相反，枚举类类型中引用同一枚举中的其他值的初始化式必须完全限定这些值

不利

每个可查询enum需要一个单独的.h/.cpp对 取决于错综复杂的宏和包括魔术 小的语法错误会演变成大得多的错误 定义类或命名空间作用域的枚举不是简单的 没有编译时初始化

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当打开EnumTraits时，智能感知会抱怨一些私有成员访问。Inl，但由于扩展的宏实际上是定义类成员，这实际上不是一个问题。

头文件顶部的#ifndef ENUM_INCLUDE_MULTI块是一个小麻烦，可能会缩小到宏或其他内容中，但它足够小，可以接受当前的大小。

声明命名空间作用域的枚举要求首先在其命名空间作用域内向前声明枚举，然后在全局命名空间中定义枚举。此外，任何使用相同枚举值的枚举初始化器必须完全限定这些值。

namespace ns { enum MyEnum : int; }
enum ns::MyEnum : int ETRAITS
{
    EDECL(AAA) = -8,
    EDECL(BBB) = '8',
    EDECL(CCC) = ns::MyEnum::AAA + ns::MyEnum::BBB
}

(better_enum库的方法)

在当前的c++中，有一种方法是这样做的:

ENUM(Channel, char, Red = 1, Green, Blue)

// "Same as":
// enum class Channel : char { Red = 1, Green, Blue };

用法:

Channel     c = Channel::_from_string("Green");  // Channel::Green (2)
c._to_string();                                  // string "Green"

for (Channel c : Channel::_values())
    std::cout << c << std::endl;

// And so on...

所有操作都可以写成constexpr。你也可以实现@ecatmur回答中提到的c++ 17反射提议。

There is only one macro. I believe this is the minimum possible, because preprocessor stringization (#) is the only way to convert a token to a string in current C++. The macro is pretty unobtrusive – the constant declarations, including initializers, are pasted into a built-in enum declaration. This means they have the same syntax and meaning as in a built-in enum. Repetition is eliminated. The implementation is most natural and useful in at least C++11, due to constexpr. It can also be made to work with C++98 + __VA_ARGS__. It is definitely modern C++.

宏的定义有些复杂，所以我将从几个方面回答这个问题。

The bulk of this answer is an implementation that I think is suitable for the space constraints on StackOverflow. There is also a CodeProject article describing the basics of the implementation in a long-form tutorial. [Should I move it here? I think it's too much for a SO answer]. There is a full-featured library "Better Enums" that implements the macro in a single header file. It also implements N4428 Type Property Queries, the current revision of the C++17 reflection proposal N4113. So, at least for enums declared through this macro, you can have the proposed C++17 enum reflection now, in C++11/C++14.

将这个答案扩展到库的特性是很简单的——这里没有遗漏任何“重要”的东西。然而，这是相当乏味的，并且存在编译器可移植性问题。

免责声明:我是CodeProject文章和该库的作者。

您可以尝试这个答案中的代码、库以及在Wandbox中在线实现N4428。标准库文档还包含如何将其作为N4428使用的概述，其中解释了该建议的enumums部分。

解释

下面的代码实现了枚举和字符串之间的转换。然而，它也可以扩展到做其他事情，比如迭代。此答案将枚举包装在结构体中。你也可以在枚举旁边生成一个trait结构体。

策略是生成如下内容:

struct Channel {
    enum _enum : char { __VA_ARGS__ };
    constexpr static const Channel          _values[] = { __VA_ARGS__ };
    constexpr static const char * const     _names[] = { #__VA_ARGS__ };

    static const char* _to_string(Channel v) { /* easy */ }
    constexpr static Channel _from_string(const char *s) { /* easy */ }
};

问题是:

We will end up with something like {Red = 1, Green, Blue} as the initializer for the values array. This is not valid C++, because Red is not an assignable expression. This is solved by casting each constant to a type T that has an assignment operator, but will drop the assignment: {(T)Red = 1, (T)Green, (T)Blue}. Similarly, we will end up with {"Red = 1", "Green", "Blue"} as the initializer for the names array. We will need to trim off the " = 1". I am not aware of a great way to do this at compile time, so we will defer this to run time. As a result, _to_string won't be constexpr, but _from_string can still be constexpr, because we can treat whitespace and equals signs as terminators when comparing with untrimmed strings. Both the above need a "mapping" macro that can apply another macro to each element in __VA_ARGS__. This is pretty standard. This answer includes a simple version that can handle up to 8 elements. If the macro is to be truly self-contained, it needs to declare no static data that requires a separate definition. In practice, this means arrays need special treatment. There are two possible solutions: constexpr (or just const) arrays at namespace scope, or regular arrays in non-constexpr static inline functions. The code in this answer is for C++11 and takes the former approach. The CodeProject article is for C++98 and takes the latter.

Code

#include <cstddef>      // For size_t.
#include <cstring>      // For strcspn, strncpy.
#include <stdexcept>    // For runtime_error.



// A "typical" mapping macro. MAP(macro, a, b, c, ...) expands to
// macro(a) macro(b) macro(c) ...
// The helper macro COUNT(a, b, c, ...) expands to the number of
// arguments, and IDENTITY(x) is needed to control the order of
// expansion of __VA_ARGS__ on Visual C++ compilers.
#define MAP(macro, ...) \
    IDENTITY( \
        APPLY(CHOOSE_MAP_START, COUNT(__VA_ARGS__)) \
            (macro, __VA_ARGS__))

#define CHOOSE_MAP_START(count) MAP ## count

#define APPLY(macro, ...) IDENTITY(macro(__VA_ARGS__))

#define IDENTITY(x) x

#define MAP1(m, x)      m(x)
#define MAP2(m, x, ...) m(x) IDENTITY(MAP1(m, __VA_ARGS__))
#define MAP3(m, x, ...) m(x) IDENTITY(MAP2(m, __VA_ARGS__))
#define MAP4(m, x, ...) m(x) IDENTITY(MAP3(m, __VA_ARGS__))
#define MAP5(m, x, ...) m(x) IDENTITY(MAP4(m, __VA_ARGS__))
#define MAP6(m, x, ...) m(x) IDENTITY(MAP5(m, __VA_ARGS__))
#define MAP7(m, x, ...) m(x) IDENTITY(MAP6(m, __VA_ARGS__))
#define MAP8(m, x, ...) m(x) IDENTITY(MAP7(m, __VA_ARGS__))

#define EVALUATE_COUNT(_1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6, _7, _8, count, ...) \
    count

#define COUNT(...) \
    IDENTITY(EVALUATE_COUNT(__VA_ARGS__, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1))



// The type "T" mentioned above that drops assignment operations.
template <typename U>
struct ignore_assign {
    constexpr explicit ignore_assign(U value) : _value(value) { }
    constexpr operator U() const { return _value; }

    constexpr const ignore_assign& operator =(int dummy) const
        { return *this; }

    U   _value;
};



// Prepends "(ignore_assign<_underlying>)" to each argument.
#define IGNORE_ASSIGN_SINGLE(e) (ignore_assign<_underlying>)e,
#define IGNORE_ASSIGN(...) \
    IDENTITY(MAP(IGNORE_ASSIGN_SINGLE, __VA_ARGS__))

// Stringizes each argument.
#define STRINGIZE_SINGLE(e) #e,
#define STRINGIZE(...) IDENTITY(MAP(STRINGIZE_SINGLE, __VA_ARGS__))



// Some helpers needed for _from_string.
constexpr const char    terminators[] = " =\t\r\n";

// The size of terminators includes the implicit '\0'.
constexpr bool is_terminator(char c, size_t index = 0)
{
    return
        index >= sizeof(terminators) ? false :
        c == terminators[index] ? true :
        is_terminator(c, index + 1);
}

constexpr bool matches_untrimmed(const char *untrimmed, const char *s,
                                 size_t index = 0)
{
    return
        is_terminator(untrimmed[index]) ? s[index] == '\0' :
        s[index] != untrimmed[index] ? false :
        matches_untrimmed(untrimmed, s, index + 1);
}



// The macro proper.
//
// There are several "simplifications" in this implementation, for the
// sake of brevity. First, we have only one viable option for declaring
// constexpr arrays: at namespace scope. This probably should be done
// two namespaces deep: one namespace that is likely to be unique for
// our little enum "library", then inside it a namespace whose name is
// based on the name of the enum to avoid collisions with other enums.
// I am using only one level of nesting.
//
// Declaring constexpr arrays inside the struct is not viable because
// they will need out-of-line definitions, which will result in
// duplicate symbols when linking. This can be solved with weak
// symbols, but that is compiler- and system-specific. It is not
// possible to declare constexpr arrays as static variables in
// constexpr functions due to the restrictions on such functions.
//
// Note that this prevents the use of this macro anywhere except at
// namespace scope. Ironically, the C++98 version of this, which can
// declare static arrays inside static member functions, is actually
// more flexible in this regard. It is shown in the CodeProject
// article.
//
// Second, for compilation performance reasons, it is best to separate
// the macro into a "parametric" portion, and the portion that depends
// on knowing __VA_ARGS__, and factor the former out into a template.
//
// Third, this code uses a default parameter in _from_string that may
// be better not exposed in the public interface.

#define ENUM(EnumName, Underlying, ...)                               \
namespace data_ ## EnumName {                                         \
    using _underlying = Underlying;                                   \
    enum { __VA_ARGS__ };                                             \
                                                                      \
    constexpr const size_t           _size =                          \
        IDENTITY(COUNT(__VA_ARGS__));                                 \
                                                                      \
    constexpr const _underlying      _values[] =                      \
        { IDENTITY(IGNORE_ASSIGN(__VA_ARGS__)) };                     \
                                                                      \
    constexpr const char * const     _raw_names[] =                   \
        { IDENTITY(STRINGIZE(__VA_ARGS__)) };                         \
}                                                                     \
                                                                      \
struct EnumName {                                                     \
    using _underlying = Underlying;                                   \
    enum _enum : _underlying { __VA_ARGS__ };                         \
                                                                      \
    const char * _to_string() const                                   \
    {                                                                 \
        for (size_t index = 0; index < data_ ## EnumName::_size;      \
             ++index) {                                               \
                                                                      \
            if (data_ ## EnumName::_values[index] == _value)          \
                return _trimmed_names()[index];                       \
        }                                                             \
                                                                      \
        throw std::runtime_error("invalid value");                    \
    }                                                                 \
                                                                      \
    constexpr static EnumName _from_string(const char *s,             \
                                           size_t index = 0)          \
    {                                                                 \
        return                                                        \
            index >= data_ ## EnumName::_size ?                       \
                    throw std::runtime_error("invalid identifier") :  \
            matches_untrimmed(                                        \
                data_ ## EnumName::_raw_names[index], s) ?            \
                    (EnumName)(_enum)data_ ## EnumName::_values[      \
                                                            index] :  \
            _from_string(s, index + 1);                               \
    }                                                                 \
                                                                      \
    EnumName() = delete;                                              \
    constexpr EnumName(_enum value) : _value(value) { }               \
    constexpr operator _enum() const { return (_enum)_value; }        \
                                                                      \
  private:                                                            \
    _underlying     _value;                                           \
                                                                      \
    static const char * const * _trimmed_names()                      \
    {                                                                 \
        static char     *the_names[data_ ## EnumName::_size];         \
        static bool     initialized = false;                          \
                                                                      \
        if (!initialized) {                                           \
            for (size_t index = 0; index < data_ ## EnumName::_size;  \
                 ++index) {                                           \
                                                                      \
                size_t  length =                                      \
                    std::strcspn(data_ ## EnumName::_raw_names[index],\
                                 terminators);                        \
                                                                      \
                the_names[index] = new char[length + 1];              \
                                                                      \
                std::strncpy(the_names[index],                        \
                             data_ ## EnumName::_raw_names[index],    \
                             length);                                 \
                the_names[index][length] = '\0';                      \
            }                                                         \
                                                                      \
            initialized = true;                                       \
        }                                                             \
                                                                      \
        return the_names;                                             \
    }                                                                 \
};

and

// The code above was a "header file". This is a program that uses it.
#include <iostream>
#include "the_file_above.h"

ENUM(Channel, char, Red = 1, Green, Blue)

constexpr Channel   channel = Channel::_from_string("Red");

int main()
{
    std::cout << channel._to_string() << std::endl;

    switch (channel) {
        case Channel::Red:   return 0;
        case Channel::Green: return 1;
        case Channel::Blue:  return 2;
    }
}

static_assert(sizeof(Channel) == sizeof(char), "");

如您所料，上面的程序输出红色。这里有一定程度的类型安全，因为您不能在没有初始化的情况下创建枚举，并且从开关中删除其中一个情况将导致编译器发出警告(取决于您的编译器和标志)。另外，请注意“Red”在编译过程中被转换为枚举。