Re: [boost] Re: RPC library

From: Iain Hanson (Iain.Hanson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-04 07:40:33

On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 10:27 +0100, Johan Nilsson wrote:
> "Pavel Vozenilek" <pavel_vozenilek_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:d07hih$veg$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> >
> > H. S. Lahman list available options and argues that passing
> > anything else than values is dangerous and causes high coupling:
> > http://groups.google.ca/groups?selm=3B86C364.AB1A6066%40worldnet.att.net
> > (the paragraphs starting with "pure message").
> >
> 
[snip]

> If you use well-defined interfaces I can't see how that would cause any 
> higher coupling than during normal circumstances (remoting aside). A pretty 
> common usage would be implementing the Observer pattern cross-process.
> 

Technically it does cause higher coupling. Both sides now know something
about each other. But it is really a rather academic point.

/ikh