bitflags
bitflags generates flags enums with well-defined semantics and ergonomic end-user APIs.
You can use bitflags to:
- provide more user-friendly bindings to C APIs where flags may or may not be fully known in advance.
 - generate efficient options types with string parsing and formatting support.
 
You can't use bitflags to:
- 
guarantee only bits corresponding to defined flags will ever be set.
bitflagsallows access to the underlying bits type so arbitrary bits may be set. - 
define bitfields.
bitflagsonly generates types where set bits denote the presence of some combination of flags. 
Usage
Add this to your Cargo.toml:
[dependencies]
bitflags = "2.4.1"
and this to your source code:
use bitflags::bitflags;
Example
Generate a flags structure:
use bitflags::bitflags;
// The `bitflags!` macro generates `struct`s that manage a set of flags.
bitflags! {
    /// Represents a set of flags.
    #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
    struct Flags: u32 {
        /// The value `A`, at bit position `0`.
        const A = 0b00000001;
        /// The value `B`, at bit position `1`.
        const B = 0b00000010;
        /// The value `C`, at bit position `2`.
        const C = 0b00000100;
        /// The combination of `A`, `B`, and `C`.
        const ABC = Self::A.bits() | Self::B.bits() | Self::C.bits();
    }
}
fn main() {
    let e1 = Flags::A | Flags::C;
    let e2 = Flags::B | Flags::C;
    assert_eq!((e1 | e2), Flags::ABC);   // union
    assert_eq!((e1 & e2), Flags::C);     // intersection
    assert_eq!((e1 - e2), Flags::A);     // set difference
    assert_eq!(!e2, Flags::A);           // set complement
}
Rust Version Support
The minimum supported Rust version is documented in the Cargo.toml file.
This may be bumped in minor releases as necessary.