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Re:C++ 11 Approved by stopmi on Saturday August 13, 2011 @07:44AM (#2880795)
maybe because reflection/introspection is done via "Objective C's dynamic behaviours and message passing"?
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Re:C++ 11 Approved by leon_ on Saturday August 13, 2011 @09:14AM (#2880909)
Actually these are only convenience methods.

For example to get a class name you can either use [object className]. Or you can use object_getClassName()/directly access "anObject->class_pointer->name" without dispatching any messages. The same goes for any other runtime attribute of an object.

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