It would be desirable to add a "reflection" API to pvAccess; that is, an API for giving data about PVs.
Simple use case example: A user wants to know "what is the list of PVs hosted by a pvaccess server?"
More particularly, one should be able to ask for info about a PV:
> eget quad03 -info
quad03
structure
double bdesired 0.21123 KG-m^2 : Field (B) desired
double bactual 0.22121 KG-m^2 : Energization B field of last readback
double Edesired 2.12 GeV : The beam energy this quad correctly focuses
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