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Sharlin on Aug 3, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: C++26 Reflections adventures and compile-time UML

Nb. This is fully static reflection, not runtime like in Java.

pjmlp on Aug 4, 2025 [–]

You can do static reflection in Java with compiler plugins.

These are the kind of features many folks skip over, as they are niche and require a bit of boilerplate.

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