Issue 5573: Proposed IDL changes                                                                                                                                                                                    (smart-transducers-ftf)
Source: Institut fuer Technische Informatik (Mr. Thomas Losert, thomas@vmars.tuwien.ac.at)
Nature: Revision
Severity: 
Summary: The IDL should be changed in the following way:



Exceptions should be removed because of their interrupt like nature. It

is better to check the error field at predefined instants. Thus the

struct AttributesData should be extended by the octet ERR.



The type AttributesData should be changed from unsigned long to a struct

with the subfields, that have been specified as bit-ranges before.



The type RecordData should be changed from unsigned long to octet[4] in

order to prevent problems with endianess.
Resolution: see above
Revised Text: 9/29/02 Page 13
//
// File: sti.idl
//
[…]
struct AttributesData {
octet ERR;
octet CONF;
octet PREC;
unsigned short USER;
};
typedef octet RecordData[4];
void ReadDeliveryInstants(
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Disposition: Accepted
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in NameID Name,
out Instants Instant,
out octet ERR
);
void ReadTakeInstants(
in NameID Name,
out Instants Instant,
out octet ERR
);
Actions taken:
August 5, 2002: received issue
December 11, 2002: closed issue
Discussion: 
In addition to the proposed changes the IDL has been extended by a comment
containing the name of the file.
End of Annotations:=====
ISSUE #xx (author: Thomas Losert)

TYPE: Minor Change

[The changes in the IDL have been overruled by later changes]



The IDL should be changed in the following way:



Exceptions should be removed because of their interrupt like
nature. It

is better to check the error field at predefined instants. Thus the

struct AttributesData should be extended by the octet ERR.



The type AttributesData should be changed from unsigned long to a
struct

with the subfields, that have been specified as bit-ranges before.



The type RecordData should be changed from unsigned long to octet[4]
in

order to prevent problems with endianess.