Win32 headers: Problem with COM interface indirection levels

[Justin C Calvarese]

Michael Butscher wrote:
> 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.

Fair enough.


> [...]
>>> 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".

Actually, I was the one who added that link, but it's been over a year, 
so if anyone objected, I hope they would've corrected it by now. ;)
http://www.dsource.org/projects/bindings/wiki/WikiStart?action=diff&version=6&old_version=5

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jcc7