package headers

// ByteHelper provides helping functions to less-fun-types
type SingleByteType interface {
	bool | ~uint8
}
type BoolType interface {
	bool
}

func ByteToBool(Input byte) bool {
	if byte(1) == Input {
		return true
	}

	return false
}

// ToSingleByte converts single-byte types, such as int8 and bool to single bytes.
func ToSingleByte[T SingleByteType](input T) byte {
	switch input := any(input).(type) {
	case uint8:
		return byte(input)
	case int8:
		return byte(input)
	case bool:
		if input {
			return byte(1)
		} else {
			return byte(0)
		}
	default:
		return byte(-0)
	}
}