[Issue 2041] New: Spec implies relationship between interfaces and COM objects

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2041

           Summary: Spec implies relationship between interfaces and COM
                    objects
           Product: D
           Version: 2.012
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://digitalmars.com/d/2.0/interface.html
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: www.digitalmars.com
        AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: jlquinn at optonline.net


The following bit of text about interfaces:

  Interfaces correspond to the interface exposed by operating system objects,
like COM/OLE/ActiveX for Win32.

implies that there is some kind of connection between an interface and Win32
COM objects.  Is this the intention?  If so, what does that mean on Linux and
other Unixen platforms?  What exactly does it mean on Win32 in this case?  Is
there an active tie into those objects?

  If not, this should be more clearly reworded to indicate it is just an
analogy.  A better analogy would probably be to Java interfaces, as D
interfaces appear to be very similar if I'm not mistaken.


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