constexpr-to-string/to_string.hpp

/**
 * to_string.hpp - Provides compile-time integer-to-string conversion.
 * Written by Clyne Sullivan.
 * https://github.com/tcsullivan/constexpr-to-string
 */

#ifndef TCSULLIVAN_TO_STRING_HPP_
#define TCSULLIVAN_TO_STRING_HPP_

#include <type_traits>

/**
 * @struct to_string_t
 * @brief Provides the ability to convert any integral to a string at compile-time.
 * @tparam N Number to convert
 * @tparam base Desired base, can be from 2 to 36
 */
template<auto N, unsigned int base, typename char_type,
    std::enable_if_t<std::is_integral_v<decltype(N)>, int> = 0,
    std::enable_if_t<(base > 1 && base < 37), int> = 0>
struct to_string_t {
    // The lambda calculates what the string length of N will be, so that `buf`
    // fits to the number perfectly.
    char_type buf[([] {
                       unsigned int len = N > 0 ? 1 : 2;
                       for (auto n = N < 0 ? -N : N; n; len++, n /= base);
                       return len;
                   }())] = {};

    /**
     * Constructs the object, filling `buf` with the string representation of N.
     */
    constexpr to_string_t() noexcept {
        if (N != 0) {
            auto ptr = buf + sizeof(buf) / sizeof(buf[0]);
            *--ptr = '\0';
            for (auto n = N < 0 ? -N : N; n; n /= base)
                *--ptr = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"[n % base];
            if (N < 0)
                *--ptr = '-';
        } else {
            buf[0] = '0';
        }
    }

    /**
     * Allows implicit conversion of this object to a `char *`.
     */
    constexpr operator char_type *() {
        return buf;
    }
    
    /**
     * Allows implicit conversion of this object to a `const char *`.
     */
    constexpr operator const char_type *() const {
        return buf;
    }
};

/**
 * Simplifies use of `to_string_t` from `to_string_t<N>()` to `to_string<N>`.
 */
template<auto N, unsigned int base = 10, typename char_type = char>
constexpr to_string_t<N, base, char_type> to_string;
 
#endif // TCSULLIVAN_TO_STRING_HPP_