From 946ad90fa033b01d5581d11c93f79d1de39e7921 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Travis Smith <Jason@CyberMagesLLC.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 00:54:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Numbers now define how many bytes it takes to represent them.

Numbers now have an associated constant value that defines how many
bytes it takes to define them.
---
 src/number.rs | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/number.rs b/src/number.rs
index 6f13328..88a56e8 100644
--- a/src/number.rs
+++ b/src/number.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::{u8, u16, u32, u64, usize};
+use std::{i8, i16, i32, i64, isize};
 use std::cmp::PartialEq;
 use std::mem::size_of;
 use std::num::{Zero, One};
@@ -15,6 +17,11 @@ pub trait Number : Zero + One + Add<Output=Self> + Sub<Output=Self> +
 {
    type StrRadixError;
 
+
+   /// The amount of Bytes required to represent this Number.
+   const BYTES: u8;
+
+
    /// Create a number from a given string and base radix.
    ///
    ///```
@@ -749,6 +756,10 @@ macro_rules! int_number_trait_impl
       {
          type StrRadixError = ::std::num::ParseIntError;
 
+
+         const BYTES: u8 = <$varType>::BYTES;
+
+
          fn from_str_radix(src: &str, radix: u32) ->
             Result<Self, ::std::num::ParseIntError>
          {
@@ -762,12 +773,16 @@ macro_rules! int_number_trait_impl
 /// base float types in rust.
 macro_rules! float_number_trait_impl
 {
-   ($traitName: ident for $($varType: ty)*) =>
+   ($traitName: ident for $($varType: ty, $numBytes: expr)*) =>
    ($(
       impl $traitName for $varType
       {
          type StrRadixError = ::std::num::ParseFloatError;
 
+
+         const BYTES: u8 = $numBytes;
+
+
          fn from_str_radix(src: &str, radix: u32) ->
             Result<Self, ::std::num::ParseFloatError>
          {
@@ -787,7 +802,7 @@ macro_rules! float_number_trait_impl
 // Implement the Number trait for the types that are Numbers.
 int_number_trait_impl!(Number for u8 u16 u32 u64 usize);
 int_number_trait_impl!(Number for i8 i16 i32 i64 isize);
-float_number_trait_impl!(Number for f32 f64);
+float_number_trait_impl!(Number for f32, 4 f64, 8);
 
 // Implement the ToNumber and FromNumber traits for
 // the types that are Numbers. The FromNumber trait needs