Bitfield

Define and operate on a type represented as a bitfield

Creates type safe bitfield type MyFlags with help of bitflags! macro and implements elementary clear operation as well as Display trait for it. Subsequently, shows basic bitwise operations and formatting.

use bitflags::bitflags;
use std::fmt;

bitflags! {
    struct MyFlags: u32 {
        const FLAG_A       = 0b00000001;
        const FLAG_B       = 0b00000010;
        const FLAG_C       = 0b00000100;
        const FLAG_ABC     = Self::FLAG_A.bits
                           | Self::FLAG_B.bits
                           | Self::FLAG_C.bits;
    }
}

impl MyFlags {
    pub fn clear(&mut self) -> &mut MyFlags {
        self.bits = 0;  
        self
    }
}

impl fmt::Display for MyFlags {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        write!(f, "{:032b}", self.bits)
    }
}

fn main() {
    let e1 = MyFlags::FLAG_A | MyFlags::FLAG_C;
    let e2 = MyFlags::FLAG_B | MyFlags::FLAG_C;
    assert_eq!((e1 | e2), MyFlags::FLAG_ABC);   
    assert_eq!((e1 & e2), MyFlags::FLAG_C);    
    assert_eq!((e1 - e2), MyFlags::FLAG_A);    
    assert_eq!(!e2, MyFlags::FLAG_A);           

    let mut flags = MyFlags::FLAG_ABC;
    assert_eq!(format!("{}", flags), "00000000000000000000000000000111");
    assert_eq!(format!("{}", flags.clear()), "00000000000000000000000000000000");
    assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", MyFlags::FLAG_B), "FLAG_B");
    assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", MyFlags::FLAG_A | MyFlags::FLAG_B), "FLAG_A | FLAG_B");
}