Edward Diener <eddielee@tropicsoft.com> writes:
I think it is a commendable goal in Reflex to be able to reflect the parameter types for any given template instantiation, since this information may be valuable and usable at run-time. After all, at run-time, information about a template type should be just as accesible regarding finding type information than any other type. One of the pieces of information about a template type is the parameter types which are used to instantiate the template, so run-time reflection should include such information. But I feel that information about the template declaration/definition itself belongs in the realm of a compile-time reflection system, not a run-time reflection system, and can serve no purpose in a run-time reflection system.
Even if the run-time reflection system is generating code? The boundaries are a lot more fluid than you probably imagine. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com