[orbitcpp-list] delete operation in CORBA_request.idl

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

Hi ORBit-list,

CORBA_request.idl and CORBA_context.idl both contain interfaces with a
'delete' operation in them. Under the new ORBit scheme, orbit-idl
generates code in corba_defs.h which is included by everything. This
causes a problem for C++, since 'delete' is a reserved word.

Does anybody have any smart ideas for how we can get around this? The
problem is that the C mapping specifies that the operation name occurs
un-mangled in the epv (everywhere else it has the module & interface
name tacked on before the operation name).

Ideas:

1) Divert from the spec, and mangle the operation sig in the
epv. (e.g. something like _epv_delete).

2) Divert from the spec and use the recommended c++ mangling in epvs
for c++ reserved words. (e.g. _cxx_delete)

3) Don't include corba_defs.h from the client headers.

4) Generate a special C++ corba_defs.h which can be included prior to
including "orbit.h". (would this cause link errors?)

Any thoughts on the above? 
(I'd like this resolved quick, since it stops orbitcpp working with
CVS ORBit).

Cheers,

Phil.

P.S. I've included a patch which does (1) for people who need to
compile CVS head with ORBit right now ;-)