[fpc-pascal] Corba Interfaces and IInterface query

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 14 November 2010 15:36, Sven Barth <pascaldragon at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Ask Borland why they decided to do it that way... perhaps they wanted a
> common ancestor for they case they ever decide to use non COM interfaces...
> (I can only guess here)

This is exactly what I am saying IInterface is a non-COM interface in
Kylix (so that would seem logical why they introduced IInterface, and
not keep using IUnkown because the latter would make no sense under
Linux), and will mostly like be the case again when Embarcadero brings
out their x-platform Delphi. So with FPC already supporting COM and
non-COM interfaces, it would seem logical that when CORBA interfaces
are used, IInterface acts the same as Kylix, by being a non-COM
interface.

I also hate open ended type definitions.
eg:
  TMyClass = class
  end;

That defaults to a TObject descendant. Then in Delphi a interface definition of

  IMyInterface = interface
  end;

will actually descend from IInterface/IUnknown.

But that same interface definition descends from what, when CORBA
style interfaces are used in FPC? Just nothing? This doesn't seem
logical, hence I think it should also descend from IInterface like
Kylix, but then be non-COM.


-- 
Regards,
  - Graeme -


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