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  1. Core Server
  2. SERVER-39023

Defining cpp_vartype in IDL results in confusing error with global in cpp_varname

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    • Server Security

      A developer using IDL configuration parameters wrote a IDL file with a bug in it, which resulted in a C++ compiler error that did not clearly direct them toward the source of their problem.

      The compiler had tried to declare an extern variable with a name like "globalvariable.subvariable". The IDL file declared a cpp_vartype of "long long", but also declared a cpp_varname of "globalvariable.subvariable". Removing the cpp_vartype resolved the issue.

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            backlog-server-security [DO NOT USE] Backlog - Security Team
            Reporter:
            spencer.jackson@mongodb.com Spencer Jackson
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