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MIDL2038

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Documented in Win32

Compiler Errors

no [pointer_default] attribute specified, assuming [unique] for all unattributed pointers The MIDL compiler offers three different default cases for pointers that do not have pointer attributes. Function parameters that are top-level pointers default to [ ref ] pointers. Pointers embedded in structures and pointers to other pointers (not top-level pointers) default to the type specified by the [ pointer_default ] attribute. When no [ pointer_default ] attribute is supplied, these nontop-level pointers default to unique pointers. This error message indicates the last case: no [ pointer_default ] attribute is supplied, and there is at least one non-top-level pointer that will be treated as a unique pointer. For more information, see Default Pointer Types .