Hacker News with Generative AI: Reflection

A decade later, a decade lost (2024) (meyerweb.com)
I woke up this morning about an hour ahead of my alarm, the sky already light, birds calling. After a few minutes, a brief patter of rain swept across the roof and moved on.

Time, Reflection, Nature, Writing

548 points by ZeWaka 7 days ago | 170 comments

Fun with C++26 reflection: Keyword Arguments (pydong.org)
In this blog post, we’ll explore implementing order-independent keyword arguments for C++ through use of C++26’s proposed reflection features. I stumbled upon this technique while experimenting with reflection a few days ago and thought it might be worthwhile to share, as it nicely showcases just how powerful the proposed reflection features are.

Programming, C++, Reflection, Keywords, Language Features

136 points by HeliumHydride 11 days ago | 143 comments

BrainFlood: Runtime code generation via reflection in .NET (sbox.game)

.NET, Programming, Reflection

86 points by thunderbong 26 days ago | 25 comments

Rust, Reflection and Access Rules (fractalfir.github.io)
Reflection is something a lot of people wish the Rust language had: It is not hard to stumble across somebody with an interesting use case for it.

Rust, Programming Languages, Reflection

40 points by misonic 51 days ago | 22 comments

If constexpr requires requires { requires } in C++ (think-cell.com)
Probably the two most useful features added to C++20 are requires and requires. They make it so much easier to control overload resolution, and when combined with if constexpr in C++17, they allow basic reflection-based optimizations in templates.

C++, Programming Languages, Templates, Reflection, Optimization

3 points by fanf2 65 days ago | 1 comments

All We Have in This World Is Ourselves (rxjourney.com.ng)
Earlier this week, one of my colleagues lost her father. It's really startling how much can happen within a 24-hour period. I'm not exaggerating when I say that something could happen in the next 24 hours that might drastically change your life, either positively or negatively.

Life, Mortality, Loss, Reflection, Personal Growth

67 points by chistev 134 days ago | 52 comments

Reflection in C++26: Metafunctions for Enums and Classes (modernescpp.com)
Today, I continue my journey through reflection in C++26 and play with enums and classes.