#35927 [Csd->Bgs]: relationship between COM and OLE

ID: 35927 Updated by: nlopess@php.net Reported By: temp dot stuff at gmail dot com -Status: Closed +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-01-10 23:11:39] temp dot stuff at gmail dot com You're right. my bad. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-01-09 15:46:06] vrana@php.net Wikipedia: "COM is often used in the software development world as an umbrella term that encompasses the OLE, ActiveX, COM+ and DCOM technologies." Thus OLE Automation can be subset of COM. It's the same what you say: "every OLE2 component is a COM component" means there are COM components and one of them is OLE2 component. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-01-08 02:30:11] temp dot stuff at gmail dot com Description: ------------ The link http://il2.php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php states that OLE is a subset of COM: "There is a subset of COM known as OLE Automation which comprises a set of COM interfaces that allow loose binding to COM objects". But OLE isn't a subset of COM. OLE2 is a superset of COM - every OLE2 component is a COM component, but the opposite is incorrect. OLE is a superset of COM, it's "more" than COM. Saying OLE is a subset of COM is like saying C++ is a subset of C... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35927&edit=1