# The following items WILL BE done in the near future :-) - There is a possible memory leak in Win32::OLE::Const::_Load when this function croaks (because $Warn is set to 3) and the croak is catched in a __DIE__ handler. # This file contains random thoughts and notes about what might be # changed in future versions of Win32::OLE. # Note: No particular order, no promises! - Test suite: Enum Compatibility module PUTPROPERTY using "unnamed" method ???? - Provide access to instance data for subclassing. Win32::OLE objects use the tied hash mechanism for set/getproperty, so the standard way of accessing instance data is not available. - Call SUBCLASS::__new__ for internally created objects, so that the subclass can do additional initialisation? Function name? - TypeInfo support - Generic Typelib stuff - Validate method/property parameters - Automatically assign new OLE objects to a subclass, if that namespace exists and it "isa" Win32::OLE subclass. (e.g. automaticall assign all Excel chart objects to Excel::Chart) - Better error messages Use Grahams Error.pm module when it has been accepted by p5p. - Implement an error API that offers control over exceptional conditions (rather than simply croak()ing, which is considered "bad" for modules) Perhaps this can ride over a standard Exception package when it becomes available. - Caching of method dispids should be done on class basis, not per object. - Make OLE.xs thread-safe - Provide support for OLE events, if possible - Callbacks in a separate thread - Through some kind of event loop