Re: [boost] [reflection] Which if any reflection library to use

Subject: Re: [boost] [reflection] Which if any reflection library to use
From: RAM (heavyreign_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-07-21 18:58:45

 

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 11:51 AM, RAM via Boost <boost_at_[hidden] 
<mailto:boost_at_[hidden]> > wrote:
I'm working on code that will need to use reflection, and would like to 
know if boost already has a reflection library, or uses one preferred 
library?

The closet thing to reflection I've seen in Boost would be the 
Boost.Fusion adapt macros. They actually work quite well.

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 03:31 PM, David Sankel wrote:

I'm a co-author of P0194. The companion paper (http://wg21.link/p0578 
<http://wg21.link/p0578> ) is a bit more reader friendly and links to a 
clang-based implementation.
-- David Sankel
 

 
Thanks for the information, David.
 
I'm going to look into it and read your companion paper.
Based on the limited responses I got on this topic, I can only assume 
that reflection is not really a concern for most C++ programmers.
I myself find it extremely useful and the current RTTI stuff just does 
not cut it for me.
 
-Sid