Closed Bug 17842 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

nsCOMPtr<nsISupports> should not be strong typed

Categories

(Core :: XPCOM, defect, P3)

Product:
Core
Component:
XPCOM
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: dougt, Assigned: scc-obsolete)

Details

I need to be able to do this:

nsISomething* foo;

nsCOMPtr<nsISupports> a = foo;

without modifing the value of foo returned by .get().  This is so that I can
use nsCOMPtr's in xpcom/proxy.  Scc and I discussed this and he agreed that
this would be useful.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: M12
See <news://news.mozilla.org/scc-6CA7CA.20330902111999@news.mozilla.org> for a
better description of this bug.  Dougt is testing my changes for this bug on
Windows now.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Blocks: 18471
No longer blocks: 18471
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