array indexing (converting to integer) with scoped enumeration

Question

C++11 scoped enumerators (enum class syntax) do not convert to integers so they cannot be used directly as array indexes.

What\'s the best way to get th

Answer 1

Why make it harder than it needs to be if your enumeration is consecutive?

enum class days
{
        monday,
        tuesday,
        wednesday,
        thursday,
        friday,
        saturday,
        sunday,
        count
};

....

const auto buffer_size = static_cast< std::size_t >( days::count );
char buffer[ buffer_size ];
buffer[ static_cast< std::size_t >( days::monday ) ] = 'M';

Or if you must use templated functions...

template< class enumeration >
constexpr std::size_t enum_count() noexcept
{
        static_assert( std::is_enum< enumeration >::value, "Not an enum" );
        return static_cast< std::size_t >( enumeration::count );
}

template< class enumeration >
constexpr std::size_t enum_index( const enumeration value ) noexcept
{
     static_assert( std::is_enum< enumeration >::value, "Not an enum" );
     return static_cast< std::size_t >( value )
}

...

char buffer[ enum_count< days >() ];
buffer[ enum_index( days::monday ) ] = 'M';