Re: FFI Reflection
- From: Kaj Eijlers <bizziboi@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:26:26 -0700
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>
> Large API. Honestly what is the main requirement for a reflection API.
> Do you really need information on the calling convention of a
> function, etc. or do people just want to iterate over the members of a
> struct?
>
> -- James
>
> Well, that would really depend on the use case, no? If you want to do
metaprogramming (or rather validation of generated/imported code) I'd say
the more info the merrier. Basically, if it can be exposed I don't see why
you wouldn't reflect it - I'd rather have too much info available than too
little.
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