Is there a simple way to convert C++ enum to string?

Question

Suppose we have some named enums:

enum MyEnum {
      FOO,
      BAR = 0x50
};

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Answer 1

This was my solution with BOOST:

#include 

#define X_STR_ENUM_TOSTRING_CASE(r, data, elem)                                 \
    case elem : return BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(elem);

#define X_ENUM_STR_TOENUM_IF(r, data, elem)                                     \
    else if(data == BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(elem)) return elem;

#define STR_ENUM(name, enumerators)                                             \
    enum name {                                                                 \
        BOOST_PP_SEQ_ENUM(enumerators)                                          \
    };                                                                          \
                                                                                \
    inline const QString enumToStr(name v)                                      \
    {                                                                           \
        switch (v)                                                              \
        {                                                                       \
            BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(                                              \
                X_STR_ENUM_TOSTRING_CASE,                                       \
                name,                                                           \
                enumerators                                                     \
            )                                                                   \
                                                                                \
            default:                                                            \
                return "[Unknown " BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(name) "]";                \
        }                                                                       \
    }                                                                           \
                                                                                \
    template                                                        \
    inline const T strToEnum(QString v);                                        \
                                                                                \
    template <>                                                                 \
    inline const name strToEnum(QString v)                                      \
    {                                                                           \
        if(v=="")                                                               \
            throw std::runtime_error("Empty enum value");                       \
                                                                                \
        BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(                                                  \
            X_ENUM_STR_TOENUM_IF,                                               \
            v,                                                                  \
            enumerators                                                         \
        )                                                                       \
                                                                                \
        else                                                                    \
            throw std::runtime_error(                                           \
                        QString("[Unknown value %1 for enum %2]")               \
                            .arg(v)                                             \
                            .arg(BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(name))                      \
                                .toStdString().c_str());                        \
    }

To create enum, declare:

STR_ENUM
(
    SERVICE_RELOAD,
        (reload_log)
        (reload_settings)
        (reload_qxml_server)
)

For conversions:

SERVICE_RELOAD serviceReloadEnum = strToEnum("reload_log");
QString serviceReloadStr = enumToStr(reload_log);