microsoft / microsoft/win32metadata

`EventRegistrationToken` should not be defined

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Description

This is a WinRT type that is already defined by https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Contracts

You can probably just remove the definition.

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Research direction

Search the repository for the EventRegistrationToken definition and inspect how WinRT types are represented in the metadata generation inputs. Confirm the type is already supplied by Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Contracts, remove the duplicate definition, and verify that metadata generation no longer emits it.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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