[orbitcpp-list] typedef implementation

[Phil D. <ph...@us...>]

Hi Andreas, all,

I think that the way the compiler handles typedefs needs
revisiting. For example, the idl:

typedef foo bah;

interface Test {
        op(in inArg);
}


writes the c++ operation stub:

void op(const foo& inArg);

and it should be: 

void op(const bah& inArg);



The hack I used for the sequence typedef was to keep a ref to the
typedef in the sequence object (wired up in the
IDLSequence::writeTypeDef() method), however this only works because
sequence is a anonymous type that must be typedefd before it can be
used.

As an alternative, I suggest renaming getCPPQualifiedIdentifier() to
getCPPQualifiedTypename() and putting it in an abstract base
class. Then appending an argument to the end of each write*() method
with a pointer to the object with the identifier to use. That way,
IDLTypedef can propogate the appropriate identifier to the 'real' IDL
types.

Suggestions? Alternatives?

Cheers,

Phil.