eolian: disallow ptr() in containers in stable API

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/efl/interfaces/efl_gfx_types.eot b/src/lib/efl/interfaces/efl_gfx_types.eot
index 4792820083..64bde5a6c7 100644
--- a/src/lib/efl/interfaces/efl_gfx_types.eot
+++ b/src/lib/efl/interfaces/efl_gfx_types.eot
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ enum Efl.Gfx.Change_Flag
 struct Efl.Gfx.Event.Render_Post
 {
    [[Data sent along a "render,post" event, after a frame has been rendered.]]
-   updated_area: list<ptr(Eina.Rect)>; [[A list of rectangles that were
-                                         updated in the canvas.]]
+   updated_area: list<Eina.Rect>; [[A list of rectangles that were
+                                    updated in the canvas.]]
 }
 
 enum Efl.Gfx.Hint_Aspect
diff --git a/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c b/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c
index ff36d71a3e..c5945724ef 100644
--- a/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c
+++ b/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ _validate_type(Validate_State *vals, Eolian_Type *tp)
                 /* validate types in brackets so transitive fields get written */
                 while (itp)
                   {
+                     if (vals->stable && itp->is_ptr)
+                       {
+                          _eo_parser_log(&itp->base,
+                                         "pointer types not allowed in '%s' in stable context",
+                                         tp->base.name);
+                          return EINA_FALSE;
+                       }
                      if (!_validate_type(vals, itp))
                        return EINA_FALSE;
                      itp = itp->next_type;