Automatically pick a variable type big enough to hold a specified number

Question

Is there any way in C++ define a type that is big enough to hold at most a specific number, presumably using some clever template code. For example I want to be able to writ

Answer 1

#include 

template
struct RequiredBits
{
    enum { value =
        Max <= 0xff       ?  8 :
        Max <= 0xffff     ? 16 :
        Max <= 0xffffffff ? 32 :
                            64
    };
};

template struct SelectInteger_;
template<> struct SelectInteger_ <8> { typedef uint8_t type; };
template<> struct SelectInteger_<16> { typedef uint16_t type; };
template<> struct SelectInteger_<32> { typedef uint32_t type; };
template<> struct SelectInteger_<64> { typedef uint64_t type; };

template
struct SelectInteger : SelectInteger_::value> {};

int main()
{
    SelectInteger<12345>::type x = 12345;
}