OSF DCE Problem Determination Guide

0x13283133 NIDL_LANGUNSFNRS

Severity: Varies Component: idl

Text: Warning: Non-scalar function result converted to trailing [out] parameter

Explanation: The target language selected does not allow the function result argument of

a routine to be a non-scalar type. The IDL compiler converts such a construct to a trailing

<kw>([out]) parameter.

Action: No action is required. You might want to edit your IDL source and change the

declaration from a function result to an <kw>([out]) parameter in order to map naturally

to the target language.

0x1328308b NIDL_LASTINATTR

Severity: Varies Component: idl

Text: The [last_is] parameter must have the [in] attribute

Explanation: The <kw>([last_is]) attribute speciﬁes a parameter that contains the upper

data limit of a varying array. Since the array has the <kw>([in]) attribute, the upper data

limit parameter must also be <kw>([in]) so the number of array elements to send from

client to server is known.

Action: Change the data limit parameter referenced by the <kw>([last_is]) clause to have

the <kw>([in]) attribute.

0x1328308c NIDL_LASTLENCONF

Severity: Varies Component: idl

Text: The attributes [last_is] and [length_is] cannot occur together

Explanation: The <kw>([last_is]) and <kw>([length_is]) attributes both specify a ﬁeld or

parameter used to determine the data limit of a varying array. You cannot use both.

Action: The <kw>([last_is]) attribute speciﬁes the index of the last valid element. The

<kw>([length_is]) attribute speciﬁes the total number of elements in the array. Remove

one of these attributes.

0x1328308d NIDL_LASTYPEINT

Severity: Varies Component: idl

Text: A [last_is] variable must be a small, short, or long integer

Explanation: The <kw>([last_is]) attribute speciﬁes a ﬁeld or parameter that contains the

upper data limit of a varying array. Array data limits must be integers which are not

<kw>(hyper).

Action: Change the upper data limit ﬁeld or parameter referenced by the <kw>([last_is])

clause to be of integer data type.

0x1328308e NIDL_LBLESSUB

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