src/symbol.h

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#ifndef SRC_SYMBOL_H_
#define SRC_SYMBOL_H_

#include <string>

namespace tint {

/// A symbol representing a string in the system
class Symbol {
 public:
  /// Constructor
  /// An invalid symbol
  Symbol();
  /// Constructor
  /// @param val the symbol value
  explicit Symbol(uint32_t val);
  /// Copy constructor
  /// @param o the symbol to copy
  Symbol(const Symbol& o);
  /// Move constructor
  /// @param o the symbol to move
  Symbol(Symbol&& o);
  /// Destructor
  ~Symbol();

  /// Copy assignment
  /// @param o the other symbol
  /// @returns the symbol after doing the copy
  Symbol& operator=(const Symbol& o);
  /// Move assignment
  /// @param o the other symbol
  /// @returns teh symbol after doing the move
  Symbol& operator=(Symbol&& o);

  /// Comparison operator
  /// @param o the other symbol
  /// @returns true if the symbols are the same
  bool operator==(const Symbol& o) const;

  /// @returns true if the symbol is valid
  bool IsValid() const { return val_ != static_cast<uint32_t>(-1); }

  /// @returns the value for the symbol
  uint32_t value() const { return val_; }

  /// Convert the symbol to a string
  /// @return the string representation of the symbol
  std::string to_str() const;

 private:
  uint32_t val_ = static_cast<uint32_t>(-1);
};

}  // namespace tint

#endif  // SRC_SYMBOL_H_