i'd like to point out that C++26's reflection is the third reflection standard defined by the language to cover the "niche corner cases" that have hereto been lacking from the other two (RTTI and type traits). this specific "niche corner case" also would not exist if C++ did not commit to a poorly-bolted on feature that turned out to be accidentally powerful, and instead intentionally designed powerful metaprogramming facilities from day 1.

there's a point at which "pragmatism" starts being anything but, and it was around C++11 give or take a standard. how on earth do you use it day to day and not feel the schizophrenic non-design being a generalized property across the whole language?