Object - part of the language, or part of Phobos?

[Sean Kelly]

TypeInfo instances are generated by the compiler. The types are simply defined in druntime.  Same with ModuleInfo. 

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On Sep 30, 2011, at 11:20 PM, Steve Teale <steve.teale at britseyeview.com> wrote:

> Jonathan,
> 
> I had a secondary question - under what circumstances is the OffsetTypeInfo available?
> 
> Since it's not part of the language, I guess whoever implemented the current
> runtime just chose not to provide it, or it's a bug. I'll check out the code.
> 
> I want to associate a struct with a database row in my database wrapper, and that
> information would be very useful. The struct.tupleof goes so far, but the offset
> information is not accessible unless you know what field to ask for it on.
> 
> Steve