Easy way to use variables of enum types as string in C?

Question

Here\'s what I am trying to do:

typedef enum { ONE, TWO, THREE } Numbers;

I am trying to write a function that would do a switch case sim

Answer 1

Because I prefer not to use macros for all the usual reasons, I used a more limited macro solution that has the advantage of keeping the enum declaration macro free. Disadvantages include having to copy paste the macro defintion for each enum, and having to explicitly add a macro invocation when adding values to the enum.

std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, provenance_wrapper::CaptureState cs)
{
#define HANDLE(x) case x: os << #x; break;
    switch (cs) {
    HANDLE(CaptureState::UNUSED)
    HANDLE(CaptureState::ACTIVE)
    HANDLE(CaptureState::CLOSED)
    }
    return os;
#undef HANDLE
}