Re: [boost] Is there any interest in a library which solves C++ class reflection feature just like Java does?

Subject: Re: [boost] Is there any interest in a library which solves C++ class reflection feature just like Java does?
From: Brian Wood (woodbrian77_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-06 14:31:56

Matus Chochlik
on Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:40 AM, jinhua luo <ljh.home.king_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hi,

> Hi,
>> It has some unique advantages:
>> a) it doesn't require code generator
> Good, but it is not so unique

Because C++ compiler is a code generator?

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>> d) Cross shared library boundary, you can dynamic load the shared library
>> and reflect the classes within it, without need to export any symbol
>> manunally in C wrapper function way
> I believe (and I have some expertise in using and implementing reflection
> in C++ to base that belief upon) that the basic reflection should
> compile-time and any run-time reflection should be built on top
> of that.
Agreed.

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