Kenichi Komiya wrote:
>
> From: John Bandhauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: xptinfo question : nsCID and nsCIDPtr
> Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 03:55:05 -0700
>
> > nsCID (as opposed to nsCIDPtr or nsCIDRef) is a new aberration
> > and was not originally intended to be supported in xpidl (as I
> > see things). The non-ptr version is certainly not supported for
> > 'in' params because that entails passing a
> > larger-than-pointer-sized structure by value. And xptcall will
> > not support that (and it is bad form anyway). Some non-ptr usage
> > has snuck into the tree and, unfortunately, the current xpidl
> > compiler is not properly setting the ptr flag in the typelib for
> > this construct. There are fixes that will land soon to deal with
> > these cases.
> >
> > Please see the discussion and patches in...
> >
> > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93792
>
> Thank you for the pointer.
>
> So, the nsIClassInfo::classID will be changed to nsCIDPtr soon,
> And my problem (at hand) will go.
Correct. We should be checking in those patches soon.
>
> BTW, I added myself to cc list of this bug, so that I can update
> my code when non IsPointer() version of nsID is supported. Is
> this (self nominating cc list) allowed in Bugzilla? Sorry, if
> not, I am new to Bugzilla.
Yes, you are free to add yourself to bugzilla cc lists. Please
also feel free to file new bugs and make comments on bugs if your
have information and insight to offer.
Thanks,
John.
>
> >
> > John.
> >
>
> Kenichi Komiya.
