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From: DeMarcus on 29 Dec 2009 12:44

> * Sorry for the obtuse language; OBJHANDLE is intentionally not
> directly associated with the type of the class it identifies, because
> it's imperative that those class instances not be used without
> checking for their validity. If I go ahead and call it a pointer, then
> confusion would arise based on the assumption that it's already
> directly usable as such. Hence the term "handle". I'm open to
> becoming familiarized with clearer language and/or terminology.
>

Instead of OBJHANDLE, what about call it an OBJ_PROXY?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_pattern


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From: DeMarcus on 20 Jan 2010 17:43
> * Sorry for the obtuse language; OBJHANDLE is intentionally not
> directly associated with the type of the class it identifies, because
> it's imperative that those class instances not be used without
> checking for their validity. If I go ahead and call it a pointer, then
> confusion would arise based on the assumption that it's already
> directly usable as such. Hence the term "handle". I'm open to
> becoming familiarized with clearer language and/or terminology.
>

Or maybe you could call it an OBJ_MONIKER.

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci293695,00.html
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms691261%28VS.85%29.aspx


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