Re: [boost] Serialization and Reflection

2002-12-20 Thread Dave Harris
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 17:16:49 -0500 David Abrahams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: This is interesting, but to me it mostly confirms that I don't want a reflection framework. It is at the wrong level of abstraction, in that it deals with methods and instance

Re: [boost] Serialization and Reflection

2002-12-20 Thread David Abrahams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Harris) writes: 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.

Re: [boost] Serialization and Reflection

2002-12-19 Thread Peter Dimov
From: David Abrahams [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Harris) writes: In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.44.0212161022130.11243-10@lynx On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:07:45 -0800 (PST) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [Various reflection library links] This is interesting, but to me it mostly

Re: [boost] Serialization and Reflection

2002-12-17 Thread Dave Harris
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.44.0212161022130.11243-10@lynx On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:07:45 -0800 (PST) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [Various reflection library links] This is interesting, but to me it mostly confirms that I don't want a reflection framework. It is at the wrong level of abstraction,

Re: [boost] Serialization and Reflection

2002-12-17 Thread Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 08:37:00PM +, Dave Harris wrote: This is interesting, but to me it mostly confirms that I don't want a reflection framework. It is at the wrong level of abstraction, in that it deals with methods and instance variables rather than fields. I also don't trust an