This is a proof of concept that iterating through enums and converting them to strings should be easy and not complicated.
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There's two parts: The C++ part and the Python script.
The Python script requires Python 2.6 (yes, it's rather old). Just run "Run.py" that can be found in PythonScript/Run.py It will recursively parse all the .h and .hpp files in that folder. The folder is hardcoded in the first line:
rootFolder = "./"
You can edit it to suit your needs. This script will generate one .h file for each enum, and one cpp file called "AmalgamationEnum.cpp"
EnumIterator.py does the actual magic, using a template C++ header to generate the final output.
There's not much to it. The generated files can be compiled in your own project. As an example, running CMake on CMakeLists.txt will compile the example files in src and include.
I'm not responsible for whatever you do with this. Use it at your own risk.
See LICENSE file.
It's possible, I developed this as a proof of concept. It's not mature. It may generate invalid code given complex C++ syntax, or if CppHeaderParser (our dependency) is unable to parse your C++ syntax properly. I won't give support, but if you want to improve it, I accept pull requests.