Re: Merge Proxy/Stub
linearred <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote:
Thanks, Igor. The ATL books I've been working through hadn't really
made it clear (at least not yet) that the marshalling support might
already be provided for a particular defined interface, and wouldn't
necessarilly need to be provided by the component developer.
Whoever defines the interface is responsible for providing marshalling
support for it.
Imagine the world where this is not the case, and it's the
responsibility of the implementer to provide marshalling support.
Multiple applications implement the interface, and each one installs its
own proxy/stub DLL - but there's just one registry key to put it into.
So you would have a classic case of DLL hell: application A installs its
proxy/stub, then application B installs its own and overwrites the
registry entry, then application B is uninstalled, removes the registry
entry, and leaves application A broken.
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With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
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