SPAM-LOW: Re: [nem-en] Metaphor, staging, typed reflection

Igor Tkachev it at rsdn.ru
Sun Jan 7 22:54:16 CET 2007


Hello Kamil,

>> Yes, you need the class/assembly, but regardless, you still need to be
>> able to populate the fields, and this requires runtime reflection and
>> compilation/code generation. I'm not sure why it's not a valid example.

> Why should you generate this code if you have the author's assembly at
> hand and you can force him to implement it on his side?

Dynamic (by field/property names) type access is a quite useful
feature. ORM is just one of the many examples. Another one is the data
binding. Good news is that this code can be easily generated,
no matter by whom.

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Best regards,
 Igor                            mailto:it at rsdn.ru





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