In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:19:27 -0500 David Abrahams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > As I understand it, reflection means the ability to > discern the structure of language constructs.
In some languages it is not just reading. It includes the ability to interact - to assign to variables, invoke functions, create instances of classes. Even to add or remove new variables, functions and classes. I probably shouldn't say much more about this because reflection isn't something I'm aware of needing in C++. > > (However, I can see that some components of a serialisation library, > > such as the mechanism to register object factories, ought to be > > sharable with a reflection library.) > > Hmm, how does an object factory relate to reflection? Whatever we call it, the ability to defer choice of the exact created type until runtime has utility beyond serialisation. -- Dave Harris _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
