To add to the (at this point rather large list), Haxe[0] allows this, although it prefers that you don't use the string-based method (which IIRC the docs, outsi

To add to the (at this point rather large list), Haxe[0] allows this, although it prefers that you don't use the string-based method (which IIRC the docs, outside of the API reference, don't really mention, but does exist), but instead manipulate an AST-like object defined in its standard library. It's macro facilities are actually fairly amazing, and allow for a lot of boilerplate code to be generated at compile time (think: the kind of things reflection is used for in other languages). Sadly, it's a GCed language, so while it's very popular for game development, it's use is mainly in the indie scene, and so it's probably never something I'll use for anything other than a toy. [0]: http://haxe.org/ http://haxe.org/