[RFC] Reflection

[mertyildiran]

Implement the core library inspect to provide reflection capabilities:

import inspect
import math

num def multiply_these(num a, num b, num c)
    num r = a * b * c
    return r
end

print multiply_these(3, 4, 5) # Should print 60

# Information related
print inspect.parameter_count('multiply_these') # Should print 3
print inspect.parameter_types('multiply_these') # Should print ['num', 'num', 'num']
print inspect.return_type('multiply_these') # Should print ['num']
print inspect.decision_length('multiply_these') # Should print 0
print inspect.context('multiply_these') # Should print 'dev.kaos'
print inspect.module_context('multiply_these') # Should print 'dev.kaos'
print inspect.module('multiply_these') # Should print ''

# Call related
print inspect.call('multiply_these', [3, 4, 5]) # Should print 60
print inspect.call('sin', [30], 'math') # Should print 0.5

[naltun]

inspect seems like it would work pretty great alongside a built-in debugger (eg. cdb).

[mertyildiran]

@naltun yes, you're right. `inspect will be an important library to unveil the information about the language internal workflow and it will be required to write a debugger and intellisense like IDE tools for this language.