Compiler patch for runtime reflection

[Robert Jacques]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:15:02 -0400, Alex Rønne Petersen <xtzgzorex at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 21-10-2011 21:07, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Igor Stepanov has created a patch for DMD and Druntime which adds RTTI
>> information for class and struct members.
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> import std.stdio;
>>
>> class Foo
>> {
>> static void PrintHello()
>> {
>> writeln("Hello");
>> }
>> }
>> void main()
>> {
>> auto info = cast(OffsetTypeInfo_StaticMethod)Foo.classinfo.m_offTi[0];
>> assert(info.name == "PrintHello");
>> auto print = cast(void function())info.pointer;
>> print(); //prints "Hello"
>> }
>
> Absolutely awesome!
>
>>
>> While the inclusion of such functionality into the language remains a
>> disputed matter, would anyone be interested in an unofficial patch for
>> this?
>
> Yes, very much. I would recommend setting up a fork on GitHub, and then
> adding it to a branch, e.g. 'reflection', if it's not going to be
> included in mainline DMD.

Really? A runtime reflection system has been on the review queue for over six months and I've brought the subject up on the newsgroup. I've received zero feedback. So while I'm sure everyone want to check RTTI off the D features list, I've not seen much real interest in it.