[omniORB] descrepancy with C++ mapping ????

[Vibhu Rishi]

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Hi

I have observed that there is some problem with the _out mapping for the 
fixed-length structs and unions. For example, an idl like :

struct s1
{
    short s;
};

generates the following for the _out parameter :

typedef _CORBA_ConstrType_Fix_OUT_arg< s1,s1_var > s1_out;

however, when I try to use this in my code, I get an error. however, if 
i change the code from s1_out to just s1& then the code works ( please 
see the diff below -)

 > UserTypeTester_impl::func_s1(UserTypes::s1_out s)  // original way
---
< UserTypeTester_impl::func_s1(UserTypes::s1& s)     // after some changes

Now the original code works with the other orbs ( e.g. mico), so I think 
that there is a problem with the omniORB, and may give rise to a 
compatibility issue...

When I use a struct which is of variable length, eg by using a string in 
it, the _out parameter works fine without my making any changes to it.

I think that it has to do something with the way 
_CORBA_ConstrType_Fix_OUT_arg is handling the situation.

Has anyone observed this before ???? If so, is this behaviour being 
taken care of in the next release of omniORB ?

My version of omni : 3.0.4
on Redhat Linux 7.1
regards
vibhu..




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