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1 bitflags
2 ========
3
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8
9 `bitflags` generates flags enums with well-defined semantics and ergonomic end-user APIs.
10
11 You can use `bitflags` to:
12
13 - provide more user-friendly bindings to C APIs where flags may or may not be fully known in advance.
14 - generate efficient options types with string parsing and formatting support.
15
16 You can't use `bitflags` to:
17
18 - guarantee only bits corresponding to defined flags will ever be set. `bitflags` allows access to the underlying bits type so arbitrary bits may be set.
19 - define bitfields. `bitflags` only generates types where set bits denote the presence of some combination of flags.
20
21 - [Documentation](https://docs.rs/bitflags)
22 - [Specification](https://github.com/bitflags/bitflags/blob/main/spec.md)
23 - [Release notes](https://github.com/bitflags/bitflags/releases)
24
25 ## Usage
26
27 Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
28
29 ```toml
30 [dependencies]
31 bitflags = "2.4.0"
32 ```
33
34 and this to your source code:
35
36 ```rust
37 use bitflags::bitflags;
38 ```
39
40 ## Example
41
42 Generate a flags structure:
43
44 ```rust
45 use bitflags::bitflags;
46
47 // The `bitflags!` macro generates `struct`s that manage a set of flags.
48 bitflags! {
49 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
50 struct Flags: u32 {
51 const A = 0b00000001;
52 const B = 0b00000010;
53 const C = 0b00000100;
54 const ABC = Self::A.bits() | Self::B.bits() | Self::C.bits();
55 }
56 }
57
58 fn main() {
59 let e1 = Flags::A | Flags::C;
60 let e2 = Flags::B | Flags::C;
61 assert_eq!((e1 | e2), Flags::ABC); // union
62 assert_eq!((e1 & e2), Flags::C); // intersection
63 assert_eq!((e1 - e2), Flags::A); // set difference
64 assert_eq!(!e2, Flags::A); // set complement
65 }
66 ```
67
68 ## Rust Version Support
69
70 The minimum supported Rust version is documented in the `Cargo.toml` file.
71 This may be bumped in minor releases as necessary.