String Identifier

Classes
class	honey::Id
	Holds a name string and its hashed value for fast comparison ops. See String Identifier. More...
class	honey::IdLiteral
	Id created from a string literal at compile-time. More...
class	honey::NameId
	Holds both a name string and its hashed value, and unlike Id the name is never compiled out. More...

Macros
#define	idnull   IdLiteral()
	Null id. More...

Functions
constexpr IdLiteral	honey::operator""_id (const char *str, szt len)
	Create an id from a string literal at compile-time. More...

Detailed Description

String ids provide a fast way to compare strings.
An Id is composed of a name string and its hashed integral value (using hash::fast()).
In final mode an Id only holds the hash, name() is not available.

See also

string literal operator _id to create ids at compile-time.

Macro Definition Documentation

#define idnull   IdLiteral()

Null id.

Function Documentation

constexpr IdLiteral honey::operator""_id	(	const char *	str,
		szt	len
	)

Create an id from a string literal at compile-time.

This operator can be used in a case expression of a switch block (ex. case "foo"_id: ).