num_enum
========

Procedural macros to make inter-operation between primitives and enums easier.
This crate is no_std compatible.

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Turning an enum into a primitive
--------------------------------

```rust
use num_enum::IntoPrimitive;

#[derive(IntoPrimitive)]
#[repr(u8)]
enum Number {
    Zero,
    One,
}

fn main() {
    let zero: u8 = Number::Zero.into();
    assert_eq!(zero, 0u8);
}
```

`num_enum`'s `IntoPrimitive` is more type-safe than using `as`, because `as` will silently truncate - `num_enum` only derives `From` for exactly the discriminant type of the enum.

Attempting to turn a primitive into an enum with try_from
----------------------------------------------

```rust
use num_enum::TryFromPrimitive;
use std::convert::TryFrom;

#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, TryFromPrimitive)]
#[repr(u8)]
enum Number {
    Zero,
    One,
}

fn main() {
    let zero = Number::try_from(0u8);
    assert_eq!(zero, Ok(Number::Zero));

    let three = Number::try_from(3u8);
    assert_eq!(
        three.unwrap_err().to_string(),
        "No discriminant in enum `Number` matches the value `3`",
    );
}
```

Variant alternatives
---------------

Sometimes a single enum variant might be representable by multiple numeric values.

The `#[num_enum(alternatives = [..])]` attribute allows you to define additional value alternatives for individual variants.

(The behavior of `IntoPrimitive` is unaffected by this attribute, it will always return the canonical value.)

```rust
use num_enum::TryFromPrimitive;
use std::convert::TryFrom;

#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, TryFromPrimitive)]
#[repr(u8)]
enum Number {
    Zero = 0,
    #[num_enum(alternatives = [2])]
    OneOrTwo = 1,
}

fn main() {
    let zero = Number::try_from(0u8);
    assert_eq!(zero, Ok(Number::Zero));

    let one = Number::try_from(1u8);
    assert_eq!(one, Ok(Number::OneOrTwo));

    let two = Number::try_from(2u8);
    assert_eq!(two, Ok(Number::OneOrTwo));

    let three = Number::try_from(3u8);
    assert_eq!(
        three.unwrap_err().to_string(),
        "No discriminant in enum `Number` matches the value `3`",
    );
}
```

Default variant
---------------

Sometimes it is desirable to have an `Other` variant in an enum that acts as a kind of a wildcard matching all the value not yet covered by other variants.

The `#[num_enum(default)]` attribute allows you to mark variant as the default.

(The behavior of `IntoPrimitive` is unaffected by this attribute, it will always return the canonical value.)

```rust
use num_enum::TryFromPrimitive;
use std::convert::TryFrom;

#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, TryFromPrimitive)]
#[repr(u8)]
enum Number {
    Zero = 0,
    #[num_enum(default)]
    NonZero = 1,
}

fn main() {
    let zero = Number::try_from(0u8);
    assert_eq!(zero, Ok(Number::Zero));

    let one = Number::try_from(1u8);
    assert_eq!(one, Ok(Number::NonZero));

    let two = Number::try_from(2u8);
    assert_eq!(two, Ok(Number::NonZero));
}
```

Safely turning a primitive into an exhaustive enum with from_primitive
-------------------------------------------------------------

If your enum has all possible primitive values covered by the use of a variant marked `#[num_enum(default)]`,
you can derive `FromPrimitive` for it (which auto-implement stdlib's `From`):

```rust
use num_enum::FromPrimitive;

#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, FromPrimitive)]
#[repr(u8)]
enum Number {
    Zero,
    #[num_enum(default)]
    NonZero,
}

fn main() {
    assert_eq!(
        Number::Zero,
        Number::from(0_u8),
    );
    assert_eq!(
        Number::NonZero,
        Number::from(1_u8),
    );
}
```

Unsafely turning a primitive into an enum with from_unchecked
-------------------------------------------------------------

If you're really certain a conversion will succeed (and have not made use of `#[num_enum(default)]` or `#[num_enum(alternatives = [..])]`
for any of its variants), and want to avoid a small amount of overhead, you can use unsafe code to do this conversion.
Unless you have data showing that the match statement generated in the `try_from` above is a bottleneck for you,
you should avoid doing this, as the unsafe code has potential to cause serious memory issues in your program.

```rust
use num_enum::UnsafeFromPrimitive;

#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, UnsafeFromPrimitive)]
#[repr(u8)]
enum Number {
    Zero,
    One,
}

fn main() {
    assert_eq!(
        unsafe { Number::from_unchecked(0_u8) },
        Number::Zero,
    );
    assert_eq!(
        unsafe { Number::from_unchecked(1_u8) },
        Number::One,
    );
}

unsafe fn undefined_behavior() {
    let _ = Number::from_unchecked(2); // 2 is not a valid discriminant!
}
```

Optional features
-----------------

Some enum values may be composed of complex expressions, for example:

```rust
enum Number {
    Zero = (0, 1).0,
    One = (0, 1).1,
}
```

To cut down on compile time, these are not supported by default, but if you enable the `complex-expressions`
feature of your dependency on `num_enum`, these should start working.

License
-------

num_enum may be used under your choice of the BSD 3-clause, Apache 2, or MIT license.