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From: Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: "Trip report: June 2025 ISO C++ standards meeting (Sofia,
 Bulgaria)"
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:48:39 +0300
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:47:23 -0000 (UTC)
Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 19:37:39 -0500
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> gabbled:
> >"Trip report: June 2025 ISO C++ standards meeting (Sofia, Bulgaria)"
> >by Herb Sutter
> >  
> >https://herbsutter.com/2025/06/21/trip-report-june-2025-iso-c-standards-meeting
> >-sofia-bulgaria/
> >
> >"Today marks a turning point in C++: A few minutes ago, the C++ 
> >committee voted the first seven (7) papers for compile-time
> >reflection   
> 
> What for? What exactly does it bring to the table except more
> complexity in an already overcomplex language?
> 

Ability to serialize structures (for example, to JASON or XML) in generic way.

I didn't read the proposals, so not totally sure about it, but from
what Herb Sutter wrote it seems that ability to de-serialize into
arbitrary structures in generic way is not there yet, at least not
directly, but they are laying a foundation.

> >into draft C++26 to several sustained rounds of applause in the
> >room. I   
> 
> From people who really have no life.
>

Or may be, just may be, they found that proposals are really good?