Re: [boost] Library Proposal: Reflection for C++

From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-01 01:06:43

  > foo::myFunction will be invoked through a stub function which is part
> of the dictionary library for class foo. A dictionary library may be  
> dynamically loaded in a program.
> 
> The source code for this dictionary library is produced in a non- 
> intrusive way with a python script (genreflex.py). Besides the stub  
> functions this dictionary source code contains the information about  
> all types, scopes, members one wants to generate the reflection  
> information for.

This sounds similar to another CERN project: Cint 
(http://root.cern.ch/root/Cint.html), the C/C++ interpreter. Do they 
share code? This reflection method seems interesting (although a native 
one would be better no doubt). In addition to your library I would 
encourage Cint guys to present the library to Boost (for example, they 
could use the Wave preprocessor for complex C/C++ instead of writing 
their own). A C/C++ interpreter would be killer for Boost (having also 
native<->interpreted transitions).

Regards,

Ion