[bluGill]

reflection is one of the C++'s committee's highest priority as they recognize it will solve a lot of problems people have. However they also know that details matter and so they need more time to get it right. C++ has more than enough cruft that doesn't quite fit together, there is no interest in adding more.

[DrBazza]

Indeed. I first wrote an enum-to-string macro back in the late 80s in C, and again in the late 90s for C++. And here we are in 2022... still writing enum-to-string macros and the like.

[shultays]

enum-to-string should be part of CS curriculum, instead of linked lists. looks how many times people needs it!

[bluGill]

I've needed linked list more often than enum to string over my 20+ years in industry. (both combined is less than a handful) This is mostly about what problems I've had to work on.

I think linked list taught me more useful skills than enum to string, even though I had to figure out the later on my own. Which is the important part of education, does learning things directly or indirectly help you more in the long run.