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@madsmtm madsmtm commented Jul 31, 2023

Will help with servo/core-foundation-rs#628, since a lot of CoreFoundation types are used there as just *mut c_void, and it would be really cumbersome and error-prone to have to change all of these to custom type aliases with a proper Encode implementation.

@madsmtm madsmtm added enhancement New feature or request A-objc2 Affects the `objc2`, `objc2-exception-helper` and/or `objc2-encode` crates labels Jul 31, 2023
@madsmtm madsmtm changed the title Let c_void be a valid encoding in more places Let ^v be a valid encoding in more places Jul 31, 2023
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madsmtm commented Jul 31, 2023

I'm considering implementing the logic in objc2 instead, so that it doesn't pollute the "pure" objc2-encode, and it would allow us to change it more freely in later breaking releases, and put the functionality behind a feature flag instead!

EDIT: Done.

@madsmtm madsmtm changed the title Let ^v be a valid encoding in more places Allow c_void pointers as return and argument types in more cases (behind a feature flag) Jul 31, 2023
@madsmtm madsmtm marked this pull request as ready for review July 31, 2023 14:45
@madsmtm madsmtm merged commit f2bd35a into master Jul 31, 2023
@madsmtm madsmtm deleted the allow-c-void branch July 31, 2023 14:56
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