[gmpi] Re: ABI's / Nutshell

  • From: Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:42:06 -0500

>The factory model works, but is a step we *could* optimize away.
>
>Instead of making a factory to make plugins, we could just have the single
>entry point make plugins.  The factory is the COM way to do it, and the OO
>way to do it, but I find it a bit awkward, though not terribly so.

this assumes that there is nothing else for the entry point to
do. thats not clear. allocating static objects is one thing it could
do, for example. i think its best to leave in this "layer of
indirection" in the interest of future flexibility.

--p


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