Calling COM Components from Vim (Win32)

[Eric Smith]

Hi,

I've scanned the vim-dev archives looking for any suggestions for and/or 
attempts at creating a means of calling dual-interface COM objects from 
within the Win32 version of Vim, and come up empty.

IMHO, this would be a useful feature for extending Vim script to do some 
very powerful things.  For instance, advanced code completion could be 
plugged into Omni.

I apologise if a thread covering this issue has already been raised 
(with a satisfactory conclusion)---if so, could someone direct me to it?

I am aware of "libcall", but it's somewhat limited and I stopped 
considering writing a "Published DLL function to COM" marshaller 
(already a contrived hack) after becoming aware that directly after the 
call Vim unloads the DLL.

So,

1.  Have I completely missed the boat, and *there is* already something 
that does this?
2.  If "No" to 1), is there any particular reason why this would not be 
worth the effort?

Thanks,

--Eric