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

From: Stefan Roiser (stefan.roiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-31 08:27:26

On 30 Jan 2006, at 16:13, Edward Diener wrote:

> Stefan Roiser wrote:
>> Edward Diener <eddielee <at> tropicsoft.com> writes:
>>
>>> Stefan Roiser wrote:
>>>> You can find more information at
>>>>
>>>> http://cern.ch/reflex
>> [...]
>>> I have found the information on
>>> this sight totally deficient in regards to creating a working  
>>> version
>>> under Windows. Your library may be excellent but unless you allow
>>> everyone to see if it is so or not, it is not a viable  
>>> alternative for
>>> all end-users.
>>
>> For the *nix world the library and tools should be buildable with the
>> attached autotools. For windows I will upload a VC71 solutions  
>> file to
>> the web page.
>
> I look forward to seeing this for Windows.
>

I have uploaded a VC71 project solution file to the web page at

http://seal-reflex.web.cern.ch/seal-reflex/releases.html

This should build a Reflex.dll. Sorry for the delay but I first had  
to find a way how to export the symbols (this is done with our build  
tools by default). The solution now is to export every symbol. This  
is too much and I probably should do something similar like boost  
choosing the proper set of symbols with the decl_export/import for  
windows.

To produce dictionary sources you will need to do

python python/genreflex/genreflex.py MyHeader.h --gccxmlpath=c:/my/ 
path/to/gccxml/bin

and then compile the resulting MyHeader_rflx.cpp into a shareable  
library and dynamically load it into your application (no symbols  
need to be exported).

If you discover problems please let me know.

Cheers

        Stefan

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