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Does xpidl support string constants?

April 26, 2017constants String support xpidl

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Does xpidl support string constants?

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String consts are not supported – they are a pain to do safely in C++ without generating C++ implementation files, and would force linkage across modules (or duplication of strings). Any interface that wants the effect of string consts can declare string attributes and have some implementation of the interface return the strings. Yes, this does not declare the values in the interface declaration, but I argue that this is good enough.