Re: [PATCH 0/5] MR8222: widl: Add rows for the struct type.

[Rémi Bernon (＠rbernon)]

On Fri Jun  6 10:14:22 2025 +0000, Rémi Bernon wrote:
> This outputs rows for the generic interfaces too, whereas the generic
> types should be outputted only once, as CLR generics.
> .namespace Windows.Foundation.Collections
> {
>   .class interface public auto ansi abstract
> 'IIterator<ABI::Windows::Gaming::Input::ArcadeStick* >'
>   {
>   } // end of class
> Windows.Foundation.Collections.IIterator<ABI::Windows::Gaming::Input::ArcadeStick*
> >
> }
> .namespace Windows.Foundation.Collections
> {
>   .class interface public auto ansi abstract
> 'IIterator<ABI::Windows::Gaming::Input::RawGameController* >'
>   {
>   } // end of class
> Windows.Foundation.Collections.IIterator<ABI::Windows::Gaming::Input::RawGameController*
> >
> }
> /* etc... */
>
> Should be instead one:
> .namespace Windows.Foundation.Collections
> {
>   .class interface public auto ansi abstract IIterator`1<T>
>   {
>      /* interface details, using T */
>   }
> }

It's probably fine to skip the generic interfaces entirely for now I don't think you can normally define new ones and I suspect their definition comes from a special handling in MIDL.

Still, for later when typerefs to parameterized types will be generated (for parameters, requires, etc), the names here seem to be wrong. I don't think it should be C++-style, and I think parameters should properly be referenced through typerefs too.