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Re:C++26 Reflections adventures and compile time UML by tw061023 on Sunday August 03, 2025 @12:58AM (#44774171)
Whip up some kind of in-house IDL/DDL parser, codegen from that.

Which, precisely, additions do not fit my points?

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Re:C++26 Reflections adventures and compile time UML by jandrewrogers on Sunday August 03, 2025 @01:24AM (#44774265)
Completely inadequate for many use cases. IDL/DDL is one of the least interesting things you could do with reflection in C++. You can already do a lot of that kind of thing with existing metaprogramming facilities.
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Re:C++26 Reflections adventures and compile time UML by tw061023 on Sunday August 03, 2025 @01:38AM (#44774315)
Which use cases? What exactly you can do with "existing metaprogramming facilities"?
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Re:C++26 Reflections adventures and compile time UML by birn559 on Sunday August 03, 2025 @01:36AM (#44774308)
Most of the time, I will prefer standard C++ over a full hand made layer of complexity that needs maintenance.
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