COM interop

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The problem:

There are too many BWAPI wrappers out there.
=> too many bugs
=> too few support

The solution:

A centralized wrapper.
A moment ago I stumbled upon a .NET feature called "COM interop". It seems 
that you can change some properties in a .NET component and make it 
exportable to COM, then auto-generate a new assembly that can be loaded as 
a COM component. Please consider extending your project by this additional 
(afaik fully auto-generated) module.

Gains:

This way your project will become the one major wrapper. 99% of windows 
languages support either COM or .NET. I also checked explicitely for COM 
support in those where wrappers already exist, listed on BWAPI homepage, 
(Java, Haskell, PHP, Ruby, Python, Lua) and they all have.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by goo...@teabix.com on 27 Dec 2009 at 2:38

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It would also allow debugging the client side, unfortunately not server side, 
which
most users should not need.
The disadvantage is that the maintainer will loose valuable time in which he 
can code
a star-craft bot ;)

Original comment by igalve...@gmail.com on 28 Dec 2009 at 3:29

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Original comment by dpershouse@gmail.com on 29 Dec 2009 at 4:42

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Well now that the code runs outside the broodwar process using .net remoting 
this 
should be a lot easier (I can use .Net com interop not mono). then we will have
Starcraft->bwapi.dll->c++ ai module->.net ai module (server)->tcp remote 
transport-
>.net ai module (client)->com interop layer->python. so so many layers :) oh 
and soon 
ill release the java BWSAL running on a .net jvm for extra added layers

Original comment by dpershouse@gmail.com on 30 Apr 2010 at 4:29

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hello, i hope u still continue work at this wrapper? It very usefull for me and 
one of my friend, 
i used it at are local starcraft AI cup and win ;) Please apprise and commit 
new version soon :)

Original comment by psychow...@gmail.com on 10 Jun 2010 at 5:56

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After trying all .NET bwapi projects I found this 1 that works, but I need to 
work remote because I want to add a C# editor where you can realtime change 
your code.
but your remote project slows down SC very much and maybe its good to make a 
frame counter to see if you loose frames.

Personally I am for a simple socket instead of remote objects. the F# sharp 
bwapi bot got that, but I couldn't get it to work.

If I declare a socket in your not remote project than SC crashes.

Original comment by grooovi...@gmail.com on 7 Sep 2010 at 9:09

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Someone is updating BWAPI 3.1 compatibility. I am helping them out.

Original comment by dpershouse@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2010 at 11:11

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bwapi-clr-client should solve com interop difficulties.

Original comment by dpershouse@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2010 at 11:41

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