Time for std.reflection

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 7/23/12 2:39 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2012-07-22 16:28, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>
>> Something like that. Note that such a query is not particularly OO-ish,
>> because getting a class' cone (totality of subclasses) works against the
>> modularity that inheritance is meant for. I don't think we should make
>> getting class cones particularly easy.
>
> I see no reason to make it difficult on purpose.

The reason is that often the cone would be incomplete and therefore 
confusing. It would also foster non-modular approaches to doing things.

Andrei