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Subject: Introspection for references
From: nikita.ppv@gmail.com (Nikita Popov)

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Hi,

This was brought up in the thread for the typed properties RFC, but I'd
like to split off this discussion.

Before talking about solutions, can the people who need this first outline
what functionality is needed and what it is needed for (and maybe what
workarounds you currently use). E.g. do you only need to know whether
something is a reference, or do you need to know whether two somethings are
part of the same reference, etc. There are probably multiple use cases for
this with different needs.

Regards,
Nikita

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