intFromValue

        inline fn intFromValue(x: anytype) u64 {
            const T = @TypeOf(x);
            return switch (@typeInfo(T)) {
                .comptime_int => x,
                .bool => @intFromBool(x),
                .@"enum" => @backingInt(x),
                else => @as(@Int(.unsigned, @bitSizeOf(T)), @bitCast(x)),

                .int => |i| x: {
                    comptime {
                        if (i.signedness == .signed) {
                            @compileError("type does not have a continous range: " ++ @typeName(T));
                        }
                        // Reject types that don't have a fixed bitsize (esp. usize)
                        // since they are not gauraunteed to fit in a u64 across targets.
                        //
                        // std.mem.indexOfScalar is not used to avoid backward branches
                        // and preserve the eval branch quota.
                        if (T == usize or T == c_char or T == c_ushort or
                            T == c_uint or T == c_ulong or T == c_ulonglong)
                        {
                            @compileError("type does not have a fixed bitsize: " ++ @typeName(T));
                        }
                    }
                    break :x x;
                },

                .comptime_float,
                .float,
                => @compileError("type does not have a continous range: " ++ @typeName(T)),
                .pointer => @compileError("type does not have a fixed bitsize: " ++ @typeName(T)),
            };
        }