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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-05 13:00:41

Sebastian Redl <sebastian.redl_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>Of course, of course.  That's what configuration files are for.  Can't
>>you step back and see the bigger picture?
>>  
>>
> I can see the bigger picture. I can certainly see the use in run-time 
> template instantiation.
>
> I'm just speculating about the costs. I think that you underestimate 
> them.  In no way do I mean to imply that they are unsolvable.

Okay.  Well consider that it's just a matter of integrating a build
system and building dynamically-loaded libraries.  It's been done
before, and it's something we know how to do.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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