Reflection on private decls

[sage pike]

I want to create a type function fn ToLogging(T: type) type that wraps each method in its input type with a logging function. This would be more useful if I can reflect on private fields. How can I do this in status quo?

[split fable]

private fields are not a thing

[sage pike]

Sorry, I meant decls.

[glossy fossil]

you also cannot reify decls

[split fable]

yeah i dont see how youd do this in any capacity

[sage pike]

Well that sucks. I guess I should just stick to Haskell and monads :/.

@glossy fossil @split fable Do either of you have any idea to make this work in Zig?

Because the logging facilities in std are very unextensible. Can I view the stack frames and log those out?

[glossy fossil]

im not sure what that means, what is your usecase and what type of logs are you trying to get?

[sage pike]

Reflection on private decls

[sage pike]

I want to be able to log out the state of the self field (and perhaps the inputs/outputs) of each method call.

[bold radish]

patching code locally is much less useful than upstreaming good changes or making alternatives that fit your use case