unknwn.h: unknwn.idl

[Ove Kaaven]

ons, 31.12.2003 kl. 17.48 skrev Robert Shearman:
> No. You should use cpp_quote. It may be necessary to disable stuff in the .h
> generated file which you can do with:

You can't use cpp_quote inside an interface definition. The quoted text
would end up before the generated type, not inside. For interfaces, this
even has a good reason: the IDL compiler must emit both C and C++
definitions for the interface, so the interface must be fully parsed
first, and then the definitions generated. MS considers this a feature,
as it lets you put typedefs and "import" statements inside the interface
definition, without harm to the generated header, as the embedded
typedefs and includes would still appear before the C/C++ definitions of
the interface.

Even if cpp_quote statements could be parsed into the type instead of
emitted directly, where would the result go? In the C definition of the
interface? In the C++ definition? Both?

Apparently, MS didn't solve that problem, so widl hasn't either.