Added a `bit_flags` attribute to enum declarations that 1<<N every value.

Change-Id: Ib9ec0cb3ddec60b1ca124eaf815fb1ae0cc53e1c
Tested: on Windows and Linux
Bug: 16186562

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/html/md__schemas.html b/docs/html/md__schemas.html
index 6f1c6f61..85381e7f 100644
--- a/docs/html/md__schemas.html
+++ b/docs/html/md__schemas.html
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ root_type Monster;
 <li><code>deprecated</code> (on a field): do not generate accessors for this field anymore, code should stop using this data.</li>
 <li><code>original_order</code> (on a table): since elements in a table do not need to be stored in any particular order, they are often optimized for space by sorting them to size. This attribute stops that from happening.</li>
 <li><code>force_align: size</code> (on a struct): force the alignment of this struct to be something higher than what it is naturally aligned to. Causes these structs to be aligned to that amount inside a buffer, IF that buffer is allocated with that alignment (which is not necessarily the case for buffers accessed directly inside a <code>FlatBufferBuilder</code>).</li>
+<li><code>bit_flags</code> (on an enum): the values of this field indicate bits, meaning that any value N specified in the schema will end up representing 1&lt;&lt;N, or if you don't specify values at all, you'll get the sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, ...</li>
 </ul>
 <h2>Gotchas</h2>
 <h3>Schemas and version control</h3>
diff --git a/docs/source/Schemas.md b/docs/source/Schemas.md
index debab679..4a02179d 100755
--- a/docs/source/Schemas.md
+++ b/docs/source/Schemas.md
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ Current understood attributes:
     these structs to be aligned to that amount inside a buffer, IF that
     buffer is allocated with that alignment (which is not necessarily
     the case for buffers accessed directly inside a `FlatBufferBuilder`).
+-   `bit_flags` (on an enum): the values of this field indicate bits,
+    meaning that any value N specified in the schema will end up
+    representing 1<<N, or if you don't specify values at all, you'll get
+    the sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, ...
 
 ## Gotchas