Issue 3225: C++ ValueBox & Fixed question (cxx_revision)
Source: Floorboard Software (Mr. Jonathan Biggar, jon(at)floorboard.com)
Nature: Uncategorized Issue
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Summary: Section 1.17.7.5 states:  "Value boxes for these types [including Fixed]
map to classes that have exactly the same public interfaces as the
underlying boxed types...".

Does this also include overloaded operators that are defined in the
Fixed class?

It sure seems weird to allow some operators to work but not others:

// IDL
valuetype FixedVal fixed<5,2>;

// C++
    FixedVal	*fv = ...;

    ++fv;	// legal?

    CORBA::Fixed	f = fv * 2;	// illegal?

Resolution: 
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
January 15, 2000: received issue
Discussion: 
deferred in June 2011 to the next RTF
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Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 20:45:26 -0800
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Section 1.17.7.5 states:  "Value boxes for these types [including
Fixed]
map to classes that have exactly the same public interfaces as the
underlying boxed types...".

Does this also include overloaded operators that are defined in the
Fixed class?

It sure seems weird to allow some operators to work but not others:

// IDL
valuetype FixedVal fixed<5,2>;

// C++
    FixedVal	*fv = ...;

    ++fv;	// legal?

    CORBA::Fixed	f = fv * 2;	// illegal?
    
-- 
Jon Biggar
Floorboard Software
jon@floorboard.com
jon@biggar.org