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Is it possible to determine if a type is a scoped enumeration type?


Is there a type trait, or is it possible to write a type trait is_scoped_enum<T> such that:

  • if T is a scoped enumeration, is_scoped_enum<T>::value is true and
  • if T is any other type, is_scoped_enum<T>::value is false

Solution

  • I think testing if it is an enum and not implicitly convertible to the underlying type should do the trick.

    template <typename T, bool B = std::is_enum<T>::value>
    struct is_scoped_enum : std::false_type {};
    
    template <typename T>
    struct is_scoped_enum<T, true>
    : std::integral_constant<bool,
        !std::is_convertible<T, typename std::underlying_type<T>::type>::value> {};