How to pass a function pointer that points to constructor?

Question

I\'m working on implementing a reflection mechanism in C++. All objects within my code are a subclass of Object(my own generic type) that contain a static member datum of ty

Answer 1

Using Qt, you can call a constructor with Qt reflection mechanisms (QMetaObject) if you declare the constructor as Q_INVOKABLE (nothing more to do than that).

class MyClass : public QObject {
   Q_OBJECT
public:
   Q_INVOKABLE MyClass(int foo);
   MyClass *cloningMySelf() {
     return metaObject()->newInstance(Q_ARG(int, 42));
   }
};

I'm not sure you will want to embed Qt just for that feature ;-) but maybe you would like to have a look on the way it does that.

http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/metaobjects.html#meta-object-system