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Class reflection for embedding #1158

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ConorDamery opened this issue Mar 21, 2023 · 2 comments
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Class reflection for embedding #1158

ConorDamery opened this issue Mar 21, 2023 · 2 comments

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@ConorDamery
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ConorDamery commented Mar 21, 2023

Currently there doesn't seem to be a way to inspect a class and its methods/properties from C/Cpp.
Lua uses a table structure that can be inspected, and while it may be possible to add a properties map in the class with a specific name that can be used to manage the handles, this is at best an iffy workaround.

Any plans or suggestions on how this could/should be handled?

My first guess (which I'm not sure is the case already), would be to follow the same pattern Lua does by making the class handle also a map, so as long as you know the class name you can inspect its properties. This could also allow for checking if a handle has a callable method before using wrenCall and avoiding a runtime error.

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There is a pull request/draft for a reflection API at #1006. I should update it sooner or later. I'm currently busy with other stuff, but I updated the change set last week to improve it.

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Forgot to say, a quick and dirty way to do it would be to make Class iterable (by implementing iterate(_) and iteratorValue) so it output the symbols, but that will be not accepted in main for various reasons. But if you need it, you can easily implement it for yourself.

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