Simplify marshalling of StartupInfo struct used in Jumplist creation. - #7580
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LGTM with one minor comment.
| internal static extern void GetStartupInfo(out StartUpInfo lpStartupInfo); | ||
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| [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)] | ||
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Please add a comment why we use IntPtr for strings - this help us avoid problems in future.
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Good idea.
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PR Summary
#7572
The current code mixes Ansi version of GetStartupInfoA with Unicode marshalling. This leads to a heap corruption that manifests in a crash a few lines down.
This commit simplifies the interop struct, using IntPtr instead of string since we have no usage for the strings. With that change, all fields are blitable, making the marshaller both simpler and faster.
GetStartupInfoA is documented to throw and exception, not set last error, So I changed to
SetLastError = false.GetStartupInfoW does not fail, indicated by the void return type.
I also made the reserved fields private, and all fields readonly.
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.h,.cpp,.cs,.ps1and.psm1files have the correct copyright headerWIP:to the beginning of the title and remove the prefix when the PR is ready.[feature]if the change is significant or affects feature tests