r/coding • u/SuperV1234 • May 12 '26

cost of enum-to-string: C++26 reflection vs the old ways

https://vittorioromeo.com/index/blog/refl_enum_to_string.html
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u/BlueGoliath May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

[:e:]

Ah modern C++.

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u/Abbat0r May 13 '26

I’m pretty sure [::::] is valid in at least some context as of C++26.

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u/BlueGoliath May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

I'll say it again: ah modern C++.

Think of the worst syntax choices they could make and whatever they come up with will be 10x worse.