trizen / trizen/sidef

More support for reflection / introspection

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feature
Dominant language
Perl
Stars
126
Forks
2
Avg merge
15m
Merged PRs (30d)
3

Description

Getting the list of candidate function-or-methods a name might refer to (and for Sidef FOMs, their argument list?), reading a Block's inner/surrounding comments, similar things.

and some of the other kinds of reflection like implemented in Python's inspect, like the current line number or the line number where a variable / overload was defined.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the requested reflection capabilities in the issue body and the linked Python inspect reference. The issue does not name files, tests, or entry points; completion would require defining and implementing a scoped set of introspection features, including candidate functions or methods, comments, and source line information.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
perl, python
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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