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by Roger Pate <Rog at NotNow dot com> (Kniht on EFnet)

(more to come)

Bitmask Types

Defined in the C++ standard under [lib.bitmask.types] 17.3.2.1.2 Bitmask types.

This is a concept describing types that fit the common notion of what can be used for flag or mode objects. The built-in integer types meet the requirements, but so does a bitset, or other types (such as an enum) provided they have the correct operators overloaded.

References

(in alphabetical order)

ISO/IEC 14882 Programming languages — C++. (first edition) September 9th, 1998. (Available online)

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