4-character literal

[torhu]

Rick Mann wrote:
> Rick Mann Wrote:
> 
>> enum : uint
>> {
>>     kSomeConstantValue = 'abcd'
>> }
> 
> 
> I realized I was misunderstanding something else I saw, and that "abcd"d doesn't do what I thought (make a 4-byte character).
> 
> So: how to I do the equivalent of 'abcd'?
> 
> Thanks!

Try this.

template MAKE_ID(char[] s)
{
     static assert(s.length == 4);
     const uint ID = (s[0] << 24) | (s[1] << 16) | (s[2] << 8) | s[3];
}

enum : uint
{
     kSomeConstantValue = MAKE_ID!("abcd")
}