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Diffstat (limited to 'src/libutil/experimental-features.hh')
-rw-r--r-- | src/libutil/experimental-features.hh | 33 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/experimental-features.hh b/src/libutil/experimental-features.hh index 650fa6533..3c479dbd9 100644 --- a/src/libutil/experimental-features.hh +++ b/src/libutil/experimental-features.hh @@ -35,27 +35,54 @@ enum struct ExperimentalFeature */ using Xp = ExperimentalFeature; +/** + * Parse an experimental feature (enum value) from its name. Experimental + * feature flag names are hyphenated and do not contain spaces. + */ const std::optional<ExperimentalFeature> parseExperimentalFeature( const std::string_view & name); + +/** + * Show the name of an experimental feature. This is the opposite of + * parseExperimentalFeature(). + */ std::string_view showExperimentalFeature(const ExperimentalFeature); + +/** + * Compute the documentation of all experimental features. + * + * This a markdown bulleted list where each item is first (a) the + * experimental feature flag name in backticks, and then (b) the + * description of the experimental feature. + */ std::string getExperimentalFeaturesList(); +/** + * Shorthand for `str << showExperimentalFeature(feature)`. + */ std::ostream & operator<<( std::ostream & str, const ExperimentalFeature & feature); /** - * Parse a set of strings to the corresponding set of experimental features, - * ignoring (but warning for) any unkwown feature. + * Parse a set of strings to the corresponding set of experimental + * features, ignoring (but warning for) any unknown feature. */ std::set<ExperimentalFeature> parseFeatures(const std::set<std::string> &); +/** + * An experimental feature was required for some (experimental) + * operation, but was not enabled. + */ class MissingExperimentalFeature : public Error { public: + /** + * The experimental feature that was required but not enabled. + */ ExperimentalFeature missingFeature; - MissingExperimentalFeature(ExperimentalFeature); + MissingExperimentalFeature(ExperimentalFeature missingFeature); }; /** |