Re: Generic type information at runtime

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On 1 Sep 2015, at 3:15, Douglas Gregor wrote:

>> On Aug 31, 2015, at 12:02 AM, Fjölnir Ásgeirsson <fjolnir@asgeirsson.is> wrote:
>>
>> From what I can tell, there is no way to get information about generic types at runtime. Am I mistaken?
>
>
> That is correct. Generic type information is erased by the compiler, so it is not available at runtime.
>
> - Doug

Are there no plans to include runtime information about them? Not having it severely limits their usefulness.

PS: rdar://22496485

- fjõlnir