[Gdal-dev] RFC 9: ATL Based COM Interface

[Ivan Lucena]

Tomaz,

Thanks for you message. I will answer those questions when I reply to Frank, Ok?

Ivan

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tamas Szekeres" <szekerest at gmail.com>
> To: "ivan at ilucena.net" <ivan at ilucena.net>
> Subject: Re: [Gdal-dev] RFC 9: ATL Based COM Interface
> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 13:39:02 +0100
> 
> 
> Ivan,
> 
> It would be a great addition :-)
> 
> Some further information might be required about the details of the
> implementation to decide how the changes affect the other parts of the
> gdal, and how difficult would it be to keep the interface synchronized
> with the other API-s like SWIG.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> 
> Tamas
> 
> 
> 2006/12/4, ivan at ilucena.net <ivan at ilucena.net>:
> > Folks,
> >
> > This message is about a RFC proposal that I have prepared and placed at 
> > http://www.gdal.org/rfc9_com.html.
> >
> > I understand that the interest in a COM interface is limited to Windows 
> > developers only but it goes way beyond just one programming language as 
> > shown in the source code samples.
> >
> > That said I believe there is enough interest for this development, because 
> > a COM interface will expose GDAL to a large number of programming 
> > environment through a common interface and a unified documentation, 
> > extending the use of GDAL to a bigger audience.
> >
> > As developers we hardly have the option to choose our 
> > programming-language-of-preference when dealing with legacy code. But the 
> > idea is that as long as COM is supported in the programming environment 
> > GDAL should be supported too, with the same behavior, same methods names, 
> > same parameters name, and parameter order.
> >
> > Therefore I am looking for a +1 from the GDAL Project Management Committee 
> > members to go ahead and place the current implementation on the GDAL source 
> > repository and proceed with the development.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your attention,
> >
> > Ivan Lucena
> >
> >
> > ---
> > PS. I have nothing against UNIX or other OS. I have worked with Solaris, 
> > AIX, IRIX, and others UNIX for years (89-99) and I have just replaced my 
> > Red Hat by Ubuntu, so let's see what I can do with that...
> >
> >
> >
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