On 21-10-2011 21:07, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
Hi,Igor Stepanov has created a patch for DMD and Druntime which adds RTTI information for class and struct members. Example: import std.stdio; class Foo { static void PrintHello() { writeln("Hello"); } } void main() { auto info = cast(OffsetTypeInfo_StaticMethod)Foo.classinfo.m_offTi[0]; assert(info.name == "PrintHello"); auto print = cast(void function())info.pointer; print(); //prints "Hello" }
Absolutely awesome!
While the inclusion of such functionality into the language remains a disputed matter, would anyone be interested in an unofficial patch for this?
Yes, very much. I would recommend setting up a fork on GitHub, and then adding it to a branch, e.g. 'reflection', if it's not going to be included in mainline DMD.
Walter: would it be okay if the compiler changes were published as a GitHub fork, or should we stick to patches?
- Alex
