IDL4CPP11 — Using types which use @default/@default_literal

The spec is not clear when a type annotated with @default/@default_literal will really use these annotations

For example when I have in IDL the following:

@default(5) typedef long mylong;

When I now use in C++

mylong myvalue {};

What would be the value of myvalue, would it be 5 (the default I specified), or will it be 0?

Also when I have in IDL

enum Color

;

And in C++ I have

Color mycolor {};

What is the value of mycolor, RED or GREEN?

RTI support says these annotations are only used when the IDL type is used within a complex type (struct/union/exception), but if that is the case the IDL spec should mention this.

Some other related questions/thinking points

• What when using array/sequences/map of these types?
• what about @range?