On 2012-04-16 22:52, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
I feel this actually can be more generic. Can we change this to a more
generic term? For example getRTInfo (short for get runtime info) and
RTInfo(T)?
Here is my thought: the GC is not the only entity that might be
interested in permanently storing compile-time info for use at runtime.
Yes, the GC could use this (perhaps exclusively), but this actually
works as a fairly good hook to generate RTTI necessary to do reflection.
Previously, one had to either parse the object file or make multiple
passes through the compiler to generate the info and then include it.
With this template solution, the compiler generates the info using the
template and then stores it in TypeInfo.
But we need to change the name early on to avoid conflicts. I don't
think a more generic name would be inappropriate, even if the GC is the
only client at first.
-Steve
If we get custom attributes perhaps this case be used to store them.
BTW, why not make it a property and drop the "get" prefix.
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/Jacob Carlborg
