How could Reflection not lead to code smells?

Question

I come from low level languages - C++ is the highest level I program in.

Recently I came across Reflection, and I just cannot fathom how it could be used without cod

Answer 1

It is all about rapid development.

var myObject = // Something with quite a few properties.
var props = new Dictionary();
foreach (var prop in myObject.GetType().GetProperties())
{
    props.Add(prop.Name, prop.GetValue(myObject, null);
}