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In most of the system contracts of EOSIO, I found FC_REFLECT function repeatedly used. What does this function actually do? I wonder if any of you can tell the answer for this. Thanks in advance.

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FC_REFLECT is not used in contracts/system contracts.

It's used in EOSIO itself (the tools and programs to run a Node), especially in plugins and libraries.

FC_REFLECT is part of reflect.hpp, a collection of typedefs and macros to provide reflection.

Reflection or introspection in programming means that a program knows its own structure and can possibly modify or copy it - and that's what FC_REFLECT is for.

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  • What is the reason for the prefix "FC" in FC_REFLECT?
    – Shravan
    Jun 19, 2019 at 19:45
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    @Shravan FC = Fast-Compiling. It's part of the FC-Library.
    – cmadh
    Jun 20, 2019 at 0:16

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