Re: [boost] Reminder: Describe needs a review manager

Dominique Devienne wrote:

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 4:16 AM Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:

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There's also a scenario where the format is predetermined, and you create your C++ structs to conform to it, rather than vice versa.

Hi Peter. That's exactly my case (just not with Boost.Serialization).

The real question is then, since those C++ struct sources are code-generated, is it worth to invest in Boost.Describe once in the code generator, and then use the techniques of your examples (i.e. "compile-time" code-gen), or update the source generator instead (i.e. "ahead-of-time" source-gen).

It's hard to say; one would have to experiment with both and see as it depends on non-technical factors. Adding Describe support to the generated structs is fairly cheap so I'd do that either way, as it enables more flexibility on the C++ side without having to touch the generator for every change.