Compiler patch for runtime reflection

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:35:57 +0300, Alex Rønne Petersen  
<xtzgzorex at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 22-10-2011 15:20, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>> On 10/22/11, Vladimir Panteleev<vladimir at thecybershadow.net>  wrote:
>>> On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:50:32 +0300, Alex Rønne Petersen
>>> <xtzgzorex at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> You could just introduce a -reflection switch to include reflection
>>>> information.
>>>
>>> As I mentioned in the previous thread on the subject, I think that  
>>> ideally
>>> we should improve compile-time reflection so it's possible to generate
>>> runtime reflection information at compilation time. Something like  
>>> this:
>>>
>>> import reflection;
>>>
>>> enum reflectionForStdStdio = generateReflectionForModule("std.stdio");
>>>
>>> void main()
>>> {
>>>       reflectionForStdStdio.callFunction("writeln", "Hello, world!");
>>> }
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>>    Vladimir                             
>>> mailto:vladimir at thecybershadow.net
>>>
>>
>> I think user properties would be a perfect fit for this. :)
>>
>> @reflected
>> struct Foo {}
>
> The only downside with either approach

What do you mean by "either approach"? Which is the other one?

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  Vladimir                            mailto:vladimir at thecybershadow.net