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Re: Update: P1240R2 — Scalable Reflection - Clarifications

From: Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:39:06 +0200
Daveed Vandevoorde wrote:
> Note that “a base class” in C++ is not the same as “the type of a base class”. A
> base class is closer to “a data member”: It describes a subobject designation.

This reminds me of an observation I had: it would have been nice if we could
actually form pointer to member to a specific base class, so that we can then
reflect it. Because as-is, if you have two bases of the same type, there's no way
you can differentiate between them just by their type.

Received on 2022-01-31 16:39:08