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| author | Simo Sorce <idra@samba.org> | 2003-12-14 12:04:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Simo Sorce <idra@samba.org> | 2003-12-14 12:04:55 +0000 |
| commit | b356f3e43e360a409cd30fac97a0902d9b7ef11f (patch) | |
| tree | 6a58653e70436de7a0cbdf478e71530adfa1bc6b /source4/build/pidl/NOTES.txt | |
| parent | d009dc61f90e45b695fb9eaaf11899c7572dc9a7 (diff) | |
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reduce double explanation of FIXED ARRAYS
(This used to be commit 6f33109b102d41d98ffd536fe2234fbaae85b02e)
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/source4/build/pidl/NOTES.txt b/source4/build/pidl/NOTES.txt index 6210281244..09bf1e1fa8 100644 --- a/source4/build/pidl/NOTES.txt +++ b/source4/build/pidl/NOTES.txt @@ -12,18 +12,7 @@ both platforms. #define HYPER_T hyper -FIXED ARRAY ------------ - -A fixed array looks like this: - - typedef struct { - long s[4]; - } Struct1; - -the NDR representation looks just like 4 separate long -declarations. The array size is not encoded on the wire. - +Let's look at the mutliple ways you can encode an array. CONFORMANT ARRAYS ----------------- @@ -101,7 +90,9 @@ A fixed array looks like this: long s[10]; } Struct1; -It appears on the wire with no array length. +The NDR representation looks just like 4 separate long +declarations. The array size is not encoded on the wire. + pidl also supports "inline" arrays, which are not part of the IDL/NDR standard. These are declared like this: |