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C++26: Reflection, Memory Safety, Contracts, and a New Async Model

27 points by birdculture ago | 2 comments

HeliumHydride [-]

The class(metaclass) {...} syntax is not part of C++ yet. It is part of a proposal targeted for C++29.

nulltrace |root |parent [-]

Right, metaclass is a ways off. But even without it, just the core reflection is going to save a ton of boilerplate. Half the template tricks I've written for message parsing were basically hand-rolling what `^T` will just give you.