StringBool class useful for debugging when you want to know whether or not it was an int or bool.

StringBool.cpp

//
// StringBool.hpp
// StringBool, Textual Cohesion Bool
//
// Created by Thomas Nadin on 06/12/2012.
// Useful for debugging when you want to know whether or not it was an int or bool.
//

#ifndef TNADIN_STRING_BOOL_HPP
#define TNADIN_STRING_BOOL_HPP

#include <iostream>

class StringBool {
    bool value_;
    
  public:
    StringBool(bool value) {
        value_ = value;
    }
    
    std::string to_string() const {
        return value_ ? "true" : "false";
    }
    
    operator bool() const {
        return value_;
    }

    operator std::string() const {
        return to_string();
    }

    bool operator == (const StringBool& other) const {
        return value_ == other.value_;
    }
};

std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& stream, const StringBool& string_bool) {
    return stream << string_bool.to_string();
}

typedef StringBool BOOL;

#endif