Re: Access to enum definition at run time

Jakub,

Thanks for taking the time.
My focus is on the C compiler. Assuming the enum "metadata" is stored
in a structure/variables that are readable by the program - can C
programs access it ? Does it apply to "C" enums, or only to "C++" enum
classes.

Yair

On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM Jakub Jelinek <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 02:08:33PM +0300, Yair Lenga via Gcc wrote:
> > Looking for any feedback about the
> > 1, Idea/concept.
> > 2. The implementation of the pugin (Github URL)
> > 3. Is there a path for making it an experimental/official GCC
> > extension? (after cleanup, reviews, adding test cases/, etc.)
>
> I don't think we have a repository of GCC plugins (except some plugins
> in the testsuite, gcc.dg/plugin/ and g++.dg/plugin/ ).
>
> BTW, in C++26 one doesn't need a plugin for such things, in a few lines
> it can be written using C++26 reflection.
>
>         Jakub
>