如果你的枚举看起来像

enum MyEnum
{
  AAA = -8,
  BBB = '8',
  CCC = AAA + BBB
};

你可以移动枚举的内容到一个新文件:

AAA = -8,
BBB = '8',
CCC = AAA + BBB

然后这些值可以被宏包围:

// default definition
#ifned ITEM(X,Y)
#define ITEM(X,Y)
#endif

// Items list
ITEM(AAA,-8)
ITEM(BBB,'8')
ITEM(CCC,AAA+BBB)

// clean up
#undef ITEM

下一步可能是重新包含枚举中的项:

enum MyEnum
{
  #define ITEM(X,Y) X=Y,
  #include "enum_definition_file"
};

最后你可以生成关于这个枚举的实用函数:

std::string ToString(MyEnum value)
{
  switch( value )
  {
    #define ITEM(X,Y) case X: return #X;
    #include "enum_definition_file"
  }

  return "";
}

MyEnum FromString(std::string const& value)
{
  static std::map<std::string,MyEnum> converter
  {
    #define ITEM(X,Y) { #X, X },
    #include "enum_definition_file"
  };

  auto it = converter.find(value);
  if( it != converter.end() )
    return it->second;
  else
    throw std::runtime_error("Value is missing");
}

该解决方案可以应用于旧的c++标准，它不使用现代的c++元素，但它可以用来生成大量代码，而不需要太多的工作和维护。

很长一段时间以来，我也一直为这个问题感到沮丧，还有以适当的方式将类型转换为字符串的问题。然而，对于最后一个问题，我对在标准c++中打印变量类型是否可能解释的解决方案感到惊讶?，使用的思想从Can I obtain c++ type name in a constexpr way?使用这种技术，可以构造一个类似的函数来获取枚举值为string:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class static_string
{
    const char* const p_;
    const std::size_t sz_;

public:
    typedef const char* const_iterator;

    template <std::size_t N>
    constexpr static_string(const char(&a)[N]) noexcept
        : p_(a)
        , sz_(N - 1)
    {}

    constexpr static_string(const char* p, std::size_t N) noexcept
        : p_(p)
        , sz_(N)
    {}

    constexpr const char* data() const noexcept { return p_; }
    constexpr std::size_t size() const noexcept { return sz_; }

    constexpr const_iterator begin() const noexcept { return p_; }
    constexpr const_iterator end()   const noexcept { return p_ + sz_; }

    constexpr char operator[](std::size_t n) const
    {
        return n < sz_ ? p_[n] : throw std::out_of_range("static_string");
    }
};

inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, static_string const& s)
{
    return os.write(s.data(), s.size());
}

/// \brief Get the name of a type
template <class T>
static_string typeName()
{
#ifdef __clang__
    static_string p = __PRETTY_FUNCTION__;
    return static_string(p.data() + 30, p.size() - 30 - 1);
#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
    static_string p = __FUNCSIG__;
    return static_string(p.data() + 37, p.size() - 37 - 7);
#endif

}

namespace details
{
    template <class Enum>
    struct EnumWrapper
    {
        template < Enum enu >
        static static_string name()
        {
#ifdef __clang__
            static_string p = __PRETTY_FUNCTION__;
            static_string enumType = typeName<Enum>();
            return static_string(p.data() + 73 + enumType.size(), p.size() - 73 - enumType.size() - 1);
#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
            static_string p = __FUNCSIG__;
            static_string enumType = typeName<Enum>();
            return static_string(p.data() + 57 + enumType.size(), p.size() - 57 - enumType.size() - 7);
#endif
        }
    };
}

/// \brief Get the name of an enum value
template <typename Enum, Enum enu>
static_string enumName()
{
    return details::EnumWrapper<Enum>::template name<enu>();
}

enum class Color
{
    Blue = 0,
    Yellow = 1
};


int main() 
{
    std::cout << "_" << typeName<Color>() << "_"  << std::endl;
    std::cout << "_" << enumName<Color, Color::Blue>() << "_"  << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

上面的代码只在Clang(参见https://ideone.com/je5Quv)和VS2015上进行了测试，但是应该可以通过对整数常量进行一些调整来适应其他编译器。当然，它仍然在底层使用宏，但至少有一个宏不需要访问枚举实现。

这个要点提供了一个基于c++可变参数模板的简单映射。

这是一个c++ 17简化版的基于类型的映射的要点:

#include <cstring> // http://stackoverflow.com/q/24520781

template<typename KeyValue, typename ... RestOfKeyValues>
struct map {
  static constexpr typename KeyValue::key_t get(const char* val) noexcept {
    if constexpr (sizeof...(RestOfKeyValues)==0)  // C++17 if constexpr
      return KeyValue::key; // Returns last element
    else {
      static_assert(KeyValue::val != nullptr,
                  "Only last element may have null name");
      return strcmp(val, KeyValue::val()) 
            ? map<RestOfKeyValues...>::get(val) : KeyValue::key;
    }
  }
  static constexpr const char* get(typename KeyValue::key_t key) noexcept {
    if constexpr (sizeof...(RestOfKeyValues)==0)
      return (KeyValue::val != nullptr) && (key == KeyValue::key)
            ? KeyValue::val() : "";
    else
      return (key == KeyValue::key) 
            ? KeyValue::val() : map<RestOfKeyValues...>::get(key);
  }
};

template<typename Enum, typename ... KeyValues>
class names {
  typedef map<KeyValues...> Map;
public:
  static constexpr Enum get(const char* nam) noexcept {
    return Map::get(nam);
  }
  static constexpr const char* get(Enum key) noexcept {
    return Map::get(key);
  }
};

用法示例:

enum class fasion {
    fancy,
    classic,
    sporty,
    emo,
    __last__ = emo,
    __unknown__ = -1
};

#define NAME(s) static inline constexpr const char* s() noexcept {return #s;}
namespace name {
    NAME(fancy)
    NAME(classic)
    NAME(sporty)
    NAME(emo)
}

template<auto K, const char* (*V)()>  // C++17 template<auto>
struct _ {
    typedef decltype(K) key_t;
    typedef decltype(V) name_t;
    static constexpr key_t  key = K; // enum id value
    static constexpr name_t val = V; // enum id name
};

typedef names<fasion,
    _<fasion::fancy, name::fancy>,
    _<fasion::classic, name::classic>,
    _<fasion::sporty, name::sporty>,
    _<fasion::emo, name::emo>,
    _<fasion::__unknown__, nullptr>
> fasion_names;

map < keyvalue…>可以双向使用:

fasion_names:把(in fashion: emo) fasion_names::把(“emo”)

这个例子可以在godbolt.org上找到

int main ()
{
  constexpr auto str = fasion_names::get(fasion::emo);
  constexpr auto fsn = fasion_names::get(str);
  return (int) fsn;
}

结果:gc -7 -std=c++1z -Ofast -S

main:
        mov     eax, 3
        ret

我写了一个库来解决这个问题，所有的事情都发生在编译时，除了获取消息。

用法:

使用宏DEF_MSG定义宏和消息对:

DEF_MSG(CODE_OK,   "OK!")
DEF_MSG(CODE_FAIL, "Fail!")

CODE_OK是要使用的宏，“OK!”是相应的消息。

使用get_message()或gm()来获取消息:

get_message(CODE_FAIL);  // will return "Fail!"
gm(CODE_FAIL);           // works exactly the same as above

使用MSG_NUM查找已经定义了多少个宏。它会自动增加，你不需要做任何事情。

预定义的消息:

MSG_OK:     OK
MSG_BOTTOM: Message bottom

项目:libcodemsg

标准库不会创建额外的数据。一切都发生在编译时。在message_def.h中，它生成一个名为MSG_CODE的enum;在message_def.c中，它生成一个变量，保存静态const char* _g_messages[]中的所有字符串。

在这种情况下，库只能创建一个枚举。这对于返回值非常理想，例如:

MSG_CODE foo(void) {
    return MSG_OK; // or something else
}

MSG_CODE ret = foo();

if (MSG_OK != ret) {
    printf("%s\n", gm(ret););
}

我喜欢这种设计的另一个原因是，您可以在不同的文件中管理消息定义。

我发现这个问题的解看起来好多了。

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

(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。