Add fancy constructor for C++ events and wrap puglSendEvent()

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bindings/cpp/include/.clang-tidy b/bindings/cpp/include/.clang-tidy
index 816223d..1c986fe 100644
--- a/bindings/cpp/include/.clang-tidy
+++ b/bindings/cpp/include/.clang-tidy
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Checks: >
   -*-uppercase-literal-suffix,
   -clang-diagnostic-unused-macros,
   -cppcoreguidelines-pro-bounds-pointer-arithmetic,
+  -cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-reinterpret-cast,
   -cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-static-cast-downcast,
   -google-runtime-references,
   -hicpp-named-parameter,
diff --git a/bindings/cpp/include/pugl/pugl.hpp b/bindings/cpp/include/pugl/pugl.hpp
index 51cfdb8..4eebdac 100644
--- a/bindings/cpp/include/pugl/pugl.hpp
+++ b/bindings/cpp/include/pugl/pugl.hpp
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ struct Event final : Base {
 
   /// The `type` field of the corresponding C event structure
   static constexpr const PuglEventType type = t;
+
+  template<class... Args>
+  explicit Event(const PuglEventFlags f, Args... args)
+    : Base{t, f, args...}
+  {}
 };
 
 using Mod          = PuglMod;          ///< @copydoc PuglMod
@@ -622,6 +627,16 @@ public:
     return static_cast<Status>(puglStopTimer(cobj(), id));
   }
 
+  template<PuglEventType t, class Base>
+  Status sendEvent(const Event<t, Base>& event) noexcept
+  {
+    PuglEvent cEvent{{t, 0}};
+
+    *reinterpret_cast<Base*>(&cEvent) = event;
+
+    return static_cast<Status>(puglSendEvent(cobj(), &cEvent));
+  }
+
   /**
      @}
   */