You need other magic. C++Builder does it via compiler extensions for properties/events instead of something like moc, so at least it’s a closer-to-code compilat

You need other magic. C++Builder does it via compiler extensions for properties/events instead of something like moc, so at least it’s a closer-to-code compilation. One day it’ll be in C++ natively. PME (property, method, event) was proposed to the committee in 2002. Modern C++ uses a different approach, but as is common with current additions, it can be argued is far more verbose and clumsy. https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2002/n1384.pdf https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2002/n13... Then of course Microsoft has their property (subset) syntax, Unreal Engine has their macros and build system, Qt has reflection and C++Builder the same via extended RTTI… everyone who needs this, whether it’s Qt, MS, Epic, Embarcadero, etc reinvents their own mostly overlapping wheels. And still in 2023 a solved problem has not made it into the standard. The most powerful in terms of width of features is C++Builder and I often wonder what would happen if Epic adopted a similar or the same pattern instead of using macros and preprocessing. Probably C++ would be forced to either split or adopt support for the features multiple companies need.