support for fixed size array in service calls

[cyrilleberger]

Bug report

Required Info:

• Operating System:
  • Ubuntu 18.04/20.04
• Installation type:
  • binaries for everything ros1_bridge
• Version or commit hash:
  • dasing and foxing
• DDS implementation:
  • default one

Steps to reproduce issue

Have a service call with definition with a fixed size array:

---
float64[6] transform

Expected behavior

Match between ROS1 and ROS2.

Actual behavior

Fails to match between ROS1 and ROS2.

Additional information

I submited a working patch https://github.com/ros2/ros1_bridge/pull/242 but I am lacking the time to finish adjusting the styles and conflicts that keep coming up.

[klaxalk]

I second this issue.

[klaxalk]

Any update on this?

[gbiggs]

Unfortunately I don't think anyone is working on this currently. If you have time to work on it, I recommend starting from the existing patch and completing that work.