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  1. OMG Issue

CORBA24 — Minor glitch about forward declared things

  • Key: CORBA24-72
  • Legacy Issue Number: 3270
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Triodia Technologies Pty Ltd ( Michi Henning)
  • Summary:

    When value types added forward declarations, and when we added forward
    declarations for structs and unions, we forgot to update the version pragma
    text. Currently, it says (page 10-45):

    Attempts to assign a prefix to a forward-declared interface
    and a different prefix to that interface later result in
    a compile-time diagnostic:

    Proposal:

    Change that sentence to read:

    Forward-declared constructs (interfaces, value types, structures,
    and unions) must have the same prefix in effect wherever they appear.
    Attempts to assign conflicting prefixes to a forward-declared
    construct result in a compile-time diagnostic. For example:

  • Reported: CORBA 2.3.1 — Fri, 4 Feb 2000 05:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — CORBA 2.4
  • Disposition Summary:

    Add the following clarification:

  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:58 GMT