Re: [boost] [intro] Preview: Introspection library

Subject: Re: [boost] [intro] Preview: Introspection library
From: Sohail Somani (sohail_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-28 09:32:12

On 10-06-28 8:00 AM, Stefan Strasser wrote:
>
> template<class Mapping>
> friend void introspect(Mapping mapping,type<A>){
>    mapping
>      (base_class<A_base>()                  )
>      (member<A,int             ,&A::m_a>()  )
>      (member<A,float           ,&A::m_b>()  )
>      (member<A,std::vector<int>,&A::m_vec>())
>    ();
> }

I think a library like this would be useful.

Isn't it simpler to specialize a template? Why does this need to be done 
at run-time? How do you introspect a type's constructors?

Thanks and good luck.

Sohail
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