Re: [boost] Serialization and Reflection

From: Dave Harris (brangdon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-17 15:37:37

In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0212161022130.11243-100000_at_lynx>
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:07:45 -0800 (PST)  (craigp_at_[hidden]) wrote:
> [Various reflection library links]

This is interesting, but to me it mostly confirms that I don't want a 
reflection framework. It is at the wrong level of abstraction, in that it 
deals with methods and instance variables rather than fields.

I also don't trust an automated versioning system to get versioning right 
in complex cases.

(I am also concerned about the overheads of using reflection to implement 
the simpler kinds of serialisation.)

-- Dave Harris