value-category-cheatsheet vs Better Enums

value-category-cheatsheet

A C++14 cheat-sheet on lvalues, rvalues, xvalues, and more (by jeaye)

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C++ compile-time enum to string, iteration, in a single header file (by aantron)

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value-category-cheatsheet

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Distinction between lvalue and rvalue references
1 project | /r/cpp_questions | 15 Jul 2021

Here is a great summary: https://github.com/jeaye/value-category-cheatsheet/blob/master/value-category-cheatsheet.pdf

Better Enums

Posts with mentions or reviews of Better Enums. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-30.

How to convert an enum to string in C++
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Sep 2023

I really like better_enums instead of magic_enums. There’s no limit on enum size with it: http://aantron.github.io/better-enums/
It was heavily used at a former employer of mine, so definitely a solid production-ready solution.
What C++ library do you wish existed but hasn’t been created yet?
18 projects | /r/cpp | 8 Jul 2023

IIRC I then switched to another library doing the same stuff: https://github.com/aantron/better-enums It is not as magical, as it uses a special macro to define the enum, using dedicated syntax. So it only works for enums you yourself define. However, it did work a lot better for me with enums with huge values.
Behind the magic of magic_enum
4 projects | /r/cpp | 12 Feb 2023

I can't keep up! First we have better enum, then some guy at a conference says we have to use wise enum instead, and now you speak of magic enum!
What are some cool modern libraries you enjoy using?
32 projects | /r/cpp | 18 Sep 2022
let's all be chads
2 projects | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 28 Jul 2022

If you need a laugh today, look at Better Enums library for C++. If you thought moving from C to C++ would let you leave macros behind, think again! Enums in C++ still suck (a bit less than in C though), so someone built a library to help with that. And it's built on macros. So you can only have 64 entries per enum. And the library's code is barely readable.