[boost] Re: Re:typeof: type registration

From: Arkadiy Vertleyb (vertleyb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-22 10:40:43

"Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote

> I'm just taken a cursory look at this scheme.  But it likes it might be
> similar or even identical to that implemented by the serialization library
> to recover types for serialized pointers.  See extended_type_info.

Well, this is not the first time I am re-inventing the wheel...  Time for
the "scatterred enum" idiom? :)

Most importantly, does this scheme really work in practice?  Is it easy
enough for end users, and does it allow users and libraries to avoid
collisions with each other?

Arkadiy