[Patch] fix IDL hang V2

[Noel Power]

On 21/08/14 12:01, Noel Power wrote:
> On 07/08/14 12:22, Noel Power wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> issuing
>>
>> ./pidl/pidl --header --ndr-parser -- foo.idl
>>
>> will cause pidl to hang, the attached patch prevents the recursion that
>> triggers that. Note: I compared the contents of
>> bin/default/librpc/gen_ndr before and after the patch and the contents
>> are identical
>>
>> Noel
> Note previous version had a bug, attached in a newer version, and also
> less error-filled example idl(s) ( one that can be used with midl, one
> with pidl). As previously mentioned it appears such a recursive
> structure arrangement seems to cause MIDL to barf [1], I still don't
> believe that is a reason for pidl to similarly fail (or hang), note:
> also the ndr marshall/unmarshall generated work fine
>
> Noel
>
> [1]
> Processing c:\idlout\foo-midl.idl
> foo-midl.idl
> c:\idlout\foo-midl.idl(4) : error MIDL2025 : syntax error : expecting a
> type spe
> cification near "baz"
> c:\idlout\foo-midl.idl(5) : error MIDL2026 : cannot recover from earlier
> syntax
> errors; aborting compilation
I forgot to attach the idl examples :-(

Noel
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