Re: IPDL has a native array type

Chris Jones wrote:
> Probably worth posting here, to make sure everyone writing IPDL 
> protocols knows about it.
> 
> Last week I added a native array type to IPDL, so that instead of 
> writing specifications like
> 
>   include "nsTArray";
>   using nsTArray<nsCString>;
>   protocol Foo {
>     child: Msg(nsTArray<nsCString> args);
>   };
> 
> one can now write
> 
>   protocol Foo {
>     child: Msg(nsCString[] args);
>   };
> 
> Because the native IPDL array type plays well with IPDL actor types and 
> unions (which nsTArray does *not*), and because the syntax is simpler, I 
> don't hesitate to say that nsTArray should be banned from protocols.
> 

Oops --- I forgot to add that the IPDL array type "compiles down" to 
nsTArray in C++.  So if you have a protocol that currently uses 
nsTArray, you should be able to switch to native IPDL arrays without 
changing any of your C++ code.

Cheers,
Chris