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by shooly 34 days ago
... and where does that `to_enum_string` come from exactly? It doesn't seem to be built-in, which is the point of the parent comment.
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SuperV1234 34 days ago
It's a fair comparison. The parent comment isn't showing the compiler source code for the built-in reflection mechanisms.

You won't have to care about ^^ and [:X:] if you just want to consume reflection-based utils, which was the whole point of my comment.

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shooly 34 days ago
What? No. Parent comment is comparing C++ to modern programming languages, showcasing how they provide commonly used utilities out-of-the-box instead of making every programmer re-implement them again and again and again and again and again.
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SuperV1234 34 days ago
The parent comment is quite clear:

> Why do I have to be familiar with all those weird symbols just to do a trivial thing ?

And my answer demonstrates that you do not have to.

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shooly 34 days ago
> And my answer demonstrates that you do not have to

Then again - "where does that `to_enum_string` come from exactly?".

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pjmlp 33 days ago
A library that you install via vcpkg or conan.

How many libraries do you read the source code after installing them with the package manager?

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shooly 33 days ago
So it is NOT built-in and the code example shown above is dishonest - @SuperV1234 compares how "lean" two languages are but conveniently hides half of the code in their preferred language to make it seem simpler that it actually is, as otherwise it would look bad in the comparison!
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wiseowise 33 days ago
Typical C++ dev schizophrenia. In one thread complain about Node and its death-by-a-thousand-packages, then suggest the same in another.
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SuperV1234 33 days ago 

  #include "to_enum_string.h"
You don't have to understand it to use it. Even then, it's not that hard to understand, it just looks unfamiliar.
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shooly 33 days ago
So finally, it's NOT built-in, and the parent comment was showing that in other languages - it IS built-in. So your code example is NOT correct and comparison is NOT correct, because you just hid the most important part of it, which is the implementation, that the user has to either: a) write themselves, b) find somewhere on the Internet.
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gpderetta 34 days ago
The whole point of reflection is that it doesn't have to be builtin.
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