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0 pointslogicchains4y ago0 comments

Noo, it's missing something basic: struct introspection. Unlike almost every other modern language, it's not possible to write a generic "ToJson" or "ToString" that will work for any struct.

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quietbritishjim4y ago

Not sure whether that's a sarcastic commentary or your just not aware, but C++ will, of course, also get (static) reflection

https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/keyword/reflexpr

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0 pointslogicchains4y ago0 comments

Noo, it's missing something basic: struct introspection. Unlike almost every other modern language, it's not possible to write a generic "ToJson" or "ToString" that will work for any struct.

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quietbritishjim4y ago

Not sure whether that's a sarcastic commentary or your just not aware, but C++ will, of course, also get (static) reflection

https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/keyword/reflexpr

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