diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 99f9c8e..1a59156 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ members = [
     "sub/core",
     "sub/libm",
     "sub/pe",
-    "sub/winu"
+    "sub/winu",
+    "sub/_macros"
 ]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-sub_sample = { path = "sub/sample" }
 sub_core = { path = "sub/core" }
 sub_libm = { path = "sub/libm" }
 sub_pe = { path = "sub/pe" }
 sub_winu = { path = "sub/winu" }
+sub_macros = { path = "sub/_macros" }
diff --git a/sub/_macros/Cargo.toml b/sub/_macros/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..196533d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sub/_macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "sub_macros"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+proc-macro = true
+
+[dependencies]
+quote = "1"
+proc-macro2 = "1"
+syn = { version = "2", features = ["full"] }
+
diff --git a/sub/_macros/src/from_repr.rs b/sub/_macros/src/from_repr.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d8fbd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sub/_macros/src/from_repr.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use proc_macro::TokenStream;
+
+const VALID: &[&'static str] = &[
+    "u8", "u16", "u32", "u64", "u128",
+    "i8", "i16", "i32", "i64", "i128",
+];
+
+pub fn derive_from_repr(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+    let syn::DeriveInput { attrs, ident, data, .. } = syn::parse_macro_input!(input);
+    let edata = match data {
+        syn::Data::Enum(edata) => edata,
+        _invalid => return TokenStream::from(quote::quote! { compile_error!("The identifier should not be empty"); }),
+    };
+
+    let repr_type = attrs.iter()
+        .filter_map(|attribute| {
+            // verify it is a repr type
+            attribute.path().get_ident()?
+                .to_string().eq("repr")
+                .then_some(())?;
+            let mut repr_type: Option<syn::Path> = None;
+            let _ = attribute.parse_nested_meta(|meta| {
+                for &v in VALID {
+                    if meta.path.is_ident(v) {
+                        repr_type = Some(meta.path);
+                        return Ok(())
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(meta.error("unrecognized repr"))
+            });
+            repr_type
+        }).next();
+
+    let repr = match repr_type {
+        Some(repr) => repr,
+        None => {
+            return TokenStream::from(quote::quote! {
+                compile_error!("PrimitiveEnum requires the #[repr(u/i*)] attribute");
+            })
+        }
+    };
+
+    let values = edata.variants.iter().filter_map(|variant| {
+        if let Some((_, desc)) = &variant.discriminant {
+            let variant = &variant.ident;
+            Some(quote::quote! {
+                #desc => Some(Self::#variant),
+            })
+        } else { None }
+    });
+
+    let name = &ident;
+    TokenStream::from(quote::quote! {
+        impl x::FromRepr for #name {
+            type Repr = #repr;
+            fn from_repr(repr: #repr) -> Option<Self>  {
+                match repr {
+                    #(#values)*
+                    _ => None
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    })
+}
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diff --git a/sub/_macros/src/lib.rs b/sub/_macros/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0ad1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sub/_macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+mod from_repr;
+
+
+#[proc_macro_derive(FromRepr)]
+pub fn derive_from_repr(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
+    from_repr::derive_from_repr(input)
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/x/Cargo.toml b/x/Cargo.toml
index 42a614e..383d3d8 100644
--- a/x/Cargo.toml
+++ b/x/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@ edition = "2021"
 [features]
 default = ["core"]
 core = ["sub_core"]
+macros = ["sub_macros"]
 libm = ["sub_libm"]
 pe = ["sub_pe"]
 
+
 winuser = ["sub_winu", "pe", "sub_pe/windows"]
 
 [dependencies]
 sub_core = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 sub_libm = { workspace = true, optional = true}
 sub_pe = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-sub_winu = { workspace = true, optional = true }
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+sub_winu = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+sub_macros = { workspace = true, optional = true }
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diff --git a/x/src/lib.rs b/x/src/lib.rs
index 36576ea..935d54c 100644
--- a/x/src/lib.rs
+++ b/x/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ macro_rules! import {
     };
 }
 
-
 import!(sub_core, core, "core");
 import!(sub_libm, libm, "libm");
 import!(sub_pe, pe, "pe");
 import!(sub_winu, win, "winuser");
+
+/// the macro crate is a proc macro, so it is a bit different.
+#[cfg(feature = "macros")]
+pub use sub_macros::{
+    FromRepr
+};
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