Enum.HasFlag, why no Enum.SetFlag?

Question

I have to build an extension method for each flag type I declare, like so:

public static EventMessageScope SetFlag(this EventMessageScope flags, 
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Answer 1

Here is another quick and dirty way to SetFlag for any Enum:

public static T SetFlag(this T flags, T flag, bool value) where T : struct, IComparable, IFormattable, IConvertible
    {
        int flagsInt = flags.ToInt32(NumberFormatInfo.CurrentInfo);
        int flagInt = flag.ToInt32(NumberFormatInfo.CurrentInfo);
        if (value)
        {
            flagsInt |= flagInt;
        }
        else
        {
            flagsInt &= ~flagInt;
        }
        return (T)(Object)flagsInt;
    }