std::byte (3) - Linux Manuals
std::byte: std::byte
NAME
Synopsis
Defined in header <cstddef>
enum class byte : unsigned char {} ; (since C++17)
std::byte is a distinct type that implements the concept of byte as specified in the C++ language definition.
Like char and unsigned char, it can be used to access raw memory occupied by other objects (object_representation), but unlike those types, it is not a character type and is not an arithmetic type. A byte is only a collection of bits, and the only operators defined for it are the bitwise ones.
Non-member functions
std::to_integer
template <class IntegerType> (since C++17)
constexpr IntegerType to_integer(std::byte b) noexcept;
Equivalent to: return IntegerType(b); This overload only participates in overload resolution if std::is_integral_v<IntegerType> is true.
std::operator<<=,operator>>=
template <class IntegerType> (1) (since C++17)
constexpr std::byte& operator<<=(std::byte& b, IntegerType shift) noexcept;
template <class IntegerType> (2) (since C++17)
constexpr std::byte& operator>>=(std::byte& b, IntegerType shift) noexcept;
1) Equivalent to: return b = b << shift; This overload only participates in overload resolution if std::is_integral_v<IntegerType> is true.
2) Equivalent to: return b = b >> shift;
This overload only participates in overload resolution if std::is_integral_v<IntegerType> is true.
std::operator<<,operator>>
template <class IntegerType> (1) (since C++17)
constexpr std::byte operator <<(std::byte b, IntegerType shift) noexcept;
template <class IntegerType> (2) (since C++17)
constexpr std::byte operator >>(std::byte b, IntegerType shift) noexcept;
1) Equivalent to: return std::byte(static_cast<unsigned int>(b) << shift); This overload only participates in overload resolution if std::is_integral_v<IntegerType> is true.
2) Equivalent to: return std::byte(static_cast<unsigned int>(b) >> shift);
This overload only participates in overload resolution if std::is_integral_v<IntegerType> is true.
std::operator|=,operator&=,operator^=
constexpr std::byte& operator|=(std::byte& l, std::byte r) noexcept; (1) (since C++17)
constexpr std::byte& operator&=(std::byte& l, std::byte r) noexcept; (2) (since C++17)
constexpr std::byte& operator^=(std::byte& l, std::byte r) noexcept; (3) (since C++17)
1) Equivalent to: return l = l | r;.
2) Equivalent to: return l = l & r;.
3) Equivalent to: return l = l ^ r;.
std::operator|,operator&,operator^,operator~
constexpr std::byte operator|(std::byte l, std::byte r) noexcept; (1) (since C++17)
constexpr std::byte operator&(std::byte l, std::byte r) noexcept; (2) (since C++17)
constexpr std::byte operator^(std::byte l, std::byte r) noexcept; (3) (since C++17)
constexpr std::byte operator~(std::byte b) noexcept; (4) (since C++17)
1) Equivalent to: return std::byte(static_cast<unsigned int>(l) | static_cast<unsigned int>(r));.
2) Equivalent to: return std::byte(static_cast<unsigned int>(l) & static_cast<unsigned int>(r));.
3) Equivalent to: return std::byte(static_cast<unsigned int>(l) ^ static_cast<unsigned int>(r));.
4) Equivalent to: return std::byte(~static_cast<unsigned int>(b));
Notes
A numeric value n can be converted to a byte value using std::byte{n}, due to C++17 relaxed enum class initialization rules.
A byte can be converted to a numeric value (such as to produce an integer hash of an object) using std::to_integer.
Example
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Reason: no example