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Re:The Biggest Changes in C++11 (and Why You Should Care) by qznc on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @09:29AM (#4753471)
C++ already needs runtime type information [0] for certain features (dynamic_cast, typeid). So the basic compiler infrastructure is already there. No need to "rewrite from scratch". Just add more information into the RTTI data structures and provide the mechanisms to inspect (optionally modify) classes.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-time_type_information

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Re:The Biggest Changes in C++11 (and Why You Should Care) by stinos on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @09:52AM (#4753552)
good point actually, didn't think that through. Still full reflection like in C# for instance seems quite a long way from RTTI.
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