Discussion on static reflection syntax in C++

[Max Haughton]

On Monday, 22 February 2021 at 21:59:41 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Monday, 22 February 2021 at 21:34:47 UTC, Max Haughton wrote:
>> On Monday, 22 February 2021 at 16:27:49 UTC, Andrei 
>> Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> Of possible interest:
>>>
>>> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2021/p2320r0.pdf
>>
>> Exposing reflection information via CTFE seems like a much 
>> more workable solution - i.e. you just write regular D code. 
>> This is what Stefan's work effectively culminates in.
>
> Or, in other words: procedural macros. (Shh, don't tell Walter.)

They aren't macros though - at least in my mind a macro is 
effectively a shortcut into the bowels of the compiler whereas in 
this case the compiler wouldn't care what you do with the 
information after it gives it to you since it's just regular D 
code.