{

meta_enum(Nested, int, NestedA, NestedB = 3);

meta_enum_class(NestedClass, uint8_t, NestedClassA = 3, NestedClassB = 1 >> 3);

{

//enum meta objects are accessible with the _meta object

//meta object has 'string' for full enum declaration string and 'members' for an array of all members

//each member is an object of type MetaEnumMember

std::cout << "global string: " << Global_meta.string << "\n";

std::cout << "global count: " << Global_meta.members.size() << "\n";

std::cout << "global class string: " << GlobalClass_meta.string << "\n";

std::cout << "global class count: " << GlobalClass_meta.members.size() << "\n";

std::cout << "nested string: " << Nester::Nested_meta.string << "\n";

std::cout << "nested count: " << Nester::Nested_meta.members.size() << "\n";

std::cout << "nested class string: " << Nester::NestedClass_meta.string << "\n";

std::cout << "nested class count: " << Nester::NestedClass_meta.members.size() << "\n\n";

//enum member objects have the following members:

std::cout << "global members:\n";

for(const auto& enumMember : Global_meta.members)

{

using UnderlyingType = decltype(Global_meta)::UnderlyingType;

std::cout << "index=" << enumMember.index << ", name='" << enumMember.name << "', value: " << static_cast<UnderlyingType>(enumMember.value) << ", string='" << enumMember.string << "'\n";

}

std::cout << "\n";

//helper functions are defined for convenience that operate on the _meta datastructure

//value_to_string gets the name of an enum value and '__INVALID_ENUM_VAL__' on failure

std::cout << "value_to_string: input=" << Nester::NestedB << " output='" << Nester::Nested_value_to_string(Nester::NestedB) << "'\n";

//these are different ways to access the meta enum member objects. they return an std::optional which will be empty on bad input

std::cout << "meta_from_name accesses through name. input=" << "NestedClassA" << " found_index=" << Nester::NestedClass_meta_from_name("NestedClassA")->index << "\n";

std::cout << "meta_from_value accesses through enum value. input=" << Nester::NestedB << " found_index=" << Nester::Nested_meta_from_value(Nester::NestedB)->index << "\n";

std::cout << "meta_from_index accesses through index. input=" << 2 << " found_name='" << GlobalClass_meta_from_index(2)->name << "'\n";