Win32 headers: Problem with COM interface indirection levels

[Michael Butscher]

jcc7 wrote:
> == Quote from Michael Butscher (mbutscher at gmx.de)'s article
> > jcc7 wrote:
[...]
> > > I get the feeling that the WindowsAPI page at Wiki4D has gotten way too big to be
> > > efficient. I think that it should probably be split into subpages, but I would be
> > > afraid of stepping on the toes of the WindowsAPI team by doing it myself.
> > Personally I prefer one large page as I'm using a dialup connection, so
> > I have to load only one page and can read it offline easily.
> 
> I understand the reason for your preference, but I still think the page is way too
> long. Perhaps the instructions could stay on the main page, but the list of
> contributor and the discussions could be kept on separate pages. Anyway, I don't
> want to interfere with the project, so I'll let someone actually involved in the
> project make that change if they want to take my (unsolicited) advice.

Now I have posted a message to the Bindings forum about that. Let's see 
what happens.


[...]
> > I thought that somebody would have written it in the instructions if
> > the problem was realized already therefore I didn't search for it in
> > the forum.
> > Michael
> 
> I don't know how the people API project are talking to each other. I assumed it
> was via the wiki page, but for all I know they could be using IRC, AIM, or an
> e-mail mailing list. I was just trying to make the point that apparently it
> doesn't matter if anyone posts in the bindings forum because the people who might
> want to know that information don't seem to even be reading that forum.
> 
> I'm not a leader in the API project (or even a member). I expect that the
> leadership probably doesn't want just anyone editing their instructions section. I
> suspect that why the people that posted on forum didn't edit the instructions
> themselves. Or maybe they weren't aware of the Wiki4D page? (I'm not sure how the
> API project is organized.)

The start page of the bindings project wiki has a link to the Wiki4D 
page, so the "WindowsAPI" page seems to be "official".



Michael