Reflect -this! - Design and Implementation of a Pragmatic Mixin Library with Static Reflection

This talk examines the design tradeoffs and implementation of a C++ mixin library based on static reflection. It covers user-defined and dependent mixins, support for aggregate and non-aggregate types, and how Boost libraries contribute to the design.

Syllabus

Intro
How not to design dinosaurs
Whats a mixin
Design priorities
Design techniques
Python mixins
Rust mixins
C mixins
Tuple Define Structure
BoostPFR
Usage Library
Usage Library in a Class
Equality Extension
Using Declaration
Homework
Baseline
Understandability
Summary
Evolution
Understanding