refl-cpp does not automatically enumerate base types when using member_list<T> or type_descriptor<T>::members. This requires derived classes to redeclare members in their REFL_AUTO metadata definition for them to be properly picked up.
Solution
Use attr::base_types<Ts...> built-in attribute to generate a list of own and inherited members and expose that to the user. This will require there to be a distinction between the members declared by the current type and all the members of the type (incl. inherited).
Possible implementations
Replace the current member_list (and type_descriptor::members) with the new combined list of members and expose the list of non-inherited members as declared_member_list and (and type_descriptor::declared_members). This might break compilation of code relying on util::find_one with a member name in case the same member is redeclared in the derived class metadata (as find_one static_asserts a single match). Can be solved by implementing "name shadowing" and hiding the inherited member.
Keep the current contract intact, expose the new lists as ?_member_list (and type_descriptor::?_members). This might require users to remove duplicated members from derived class metadata, but also modify existing utility functions relying on those members to be in member_list.
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Problem
refl-cpp does not automatically enumerate base types when using
member_list<T>ortype_descriptor<T>::members. This requires derived classes to redeclare members in theirREFL_AUTOmetadata definition for them to be properly picked up.Solution
Use
attr::base_types<Ts...>built-in attribute to generate a list of own and inherited members and expose that to the user. This will require there to be a distinction between the members declared by the current type and all the members of the type (incl. inherited).Possible implementations