Adding Reflection to C

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by telotortium • 2 months ago

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tliltocatl• 2 months ago

Been there… Pendantic nitpick: it's more akin to introspection, reflection would be self-modifying code.

uecker• 2 months ago

Here is my proposal with a lot of similarities: https://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n3212.pdf

cozzyd• 2 months ago

BTF or DWARF info in principle contain the information needed, though working with them is cumbersome...

teo_zero• 2 months ago

Nice. But you've just invented Zig!

accelbred• 2 months ago

C with Zig's comptime is compelling though. Zig doesnt allow you to access all the features your C compiler does, and puts you in the LLVM ecosystem. I've been working on something similar; extending C with both Zig/C++ inspired reflection and linear types, with a compiler that compiles to a subset of C to allow you to leverage GCC and all its extenstions.

Adding Reflection to C

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