CredUIPromptForCredentials should not emit `ref` on `ref Span<char>` parameter
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Description
The CredUIPromptForCredentials function takes a PWSTR parameter. The friendly overload currently replaces this with ref Span<char> when Span<char> is sufficient, as the friendly overload never rewrites the reference to the span.
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Research direction
Locate the generated friendly overload for CredUIPromptForCredentials and inspect how its PWSTR parameter becomes Span. Compare the emitted declaration with the intended span behavior, then add or update a focused generator test and run the relevant test suite to verify that ref is absent.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100