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		forrestthewoods on Feb 11, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fun with C++26 reflection: Keyword Arguments Reflection is spectacularly useful and sorely missed in C++ But because this is C++ the committee designs the most insane and terrible version of reflection possible

pjmlp on Feb 11, 2025 | [–]

Unfortunely so it is with anything committee design, including SQL, C and Khronos APIs as well, it is not only C++.

Guthur on Feb 11, 2025 | [–]

Because they know the cost of everything but the value of nothing.

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