#define STR_TYPE_EMPTY 			(1 << 0)
#define STR_TYPE_BINARY 		(1 << 1)
#define STR_TYPE_ALPHABETIC 	(1 << 2)
#define STR_TYPE_ALPHANUMERIC 	(1 << 3)
#define STR_TYPE_ASCII			(1 << 4)
#define STR_TYPE_UNICODE		(1 << 5)
#define STR_TYPE_HEXADECIMAL 	(1 << 6)
#define STR_TYPE_UPPERCASE		(1 << 7)
#define STR_TYPE_LOWERCASE		(1 << 8)
#define STR_TYPE_SPACE			(1 << 9)
#define STR_TYPE_PUNCTUATION	(1 << 10)
#define STR_TYPE_PRINTABLE		(1 << 11)
#define STR_TYPE_GRAPH			(1 << 12)
#define STR_TYPE_DIGIT			(1 << 13)
#define STR_TYPE_CONTROL		(1 << 14)
#define STR_TYPE_BLANK			(1 << 15)

#define STR_TYPE_ADD_TYPE(STR, STR_TYPE) (STR).type |= STR_TYPE;
#define STR_TYPE_REMOVE_TYPE(STR, STR_TYPE) (STR).type &= ~STR_TYPE;

// uses ctypes.h, unknows if safe or portable
#include <ctype.h>

#define range_BINARY(ch) 			(ch=='0'||ch=='1')
#define range_UNICODE(ch)			(ch==ch) /* to be improved */

#define range_ALPHABETIC(ch) 		isalpha((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_ALPHANUMERIC(ch) 		isalnum((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_ASCII(ch) 			isascii((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_HEXADECIMAL(ch)		isxdigit((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_UPPERCASE(ch)			isupper((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_LOWERCASE(ch)			islower((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_SPACE(ch)				isspace((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_PUNCTUATION(ch)		ispunct((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_PRINTABLE(ch) 		isprint((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_GRAPH(ch) 			isgraph((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_DIGIT(ch) 			isxdigit((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_CONTROL(ch) 			iscntrl((unsigned char) ch)
#define range_BLANK(ch) 			isblank((unsigned char) ch)

// this is not consistant throughout strings and is currently only the representation of the last character added

// if a flag gets disabled it should not be allowed to become re-enabled unless on the event of an undo


#define AUTOTYPE_TEST_(AUTOSTR, AUTOCH, AUTORANGE, AUTOTYPE) { \
	\
	/* AUTORANGE */ \
	if(range_##AUTORANGE(AUTOCH)) { \
		if ((AUTOSTR).type == STR_TYPE_EMPTY) { \
			STR_TYPE_REMOVE_TYPE((AUTOSTR), STR_TYPE_EMPTY) \
		} \
		STR_TYPE_ADD_TYPE((AUTOSTR), STR_TYPE_##AUTOTYPE) \
	} \
	else { \
		STR_TYPE_REMOVE_TYPE((AUTOSTR), STR_TYPE_##AUTOTYPE) \
	} \
}

#define AUTOTYPE_TEST(AUTOSTR, AUTOCH, AUTOTYPE) AUTOTYPE_TEST_(AUTOSTR, AUTOCH, AUTOTYPE, AUTOTYPE)

#define AUTOTYPE(str, ch) { \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), BINARY) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), ALPHABETIC) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), ALPHANUMERIC) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), ASCII) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), UNICODE) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), HEXADECIMAL) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), UPPERCASE) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), LOWERCASE) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), SPACE) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), PUNCTUATION) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), PRINTABLE) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), GRAPH) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), DIGIT) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), CONTROL) \
	AUTOTYPE_TEST((str), (ch), BLANK) \
}

#define TYPECHECK(str, type_) { \
	if ((str).type & type_) puts(#type_); \
}

#define TYPEINFO(str) { \
	printf("(%s).type = %d\n", #str, (str).type); \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_EMPTY) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_BINARY) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_ALPHABETIC) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_ALPHANUMERIC) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_ASCII) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_UNICODE) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_HEXADECIMAL) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_UPPERCASE) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_LOWERCASE) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_PUNCTUATION) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_PRINTABLE) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_GRAPH) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_DIGIT) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_CONTROL) \
	TYPECHECK((str), STR_TYPE_BLANK) \
}