Looking over the (admittedly sketchy) VB7 announcements and listening
to the Ballmer presentation I see references to the new web integration
being enabled by adding a line to your code that reads:
  Dim WebPublic
Doing that, if I am reading it right, causes the compile to create the
necessary XML data to expose the public functions from the web server.

Is it me or does that not make sense?  Why would creating a Variant
variable with a specific name change the purpose of the module?
Wouldn't it make more sense to use almost any other syntax...
Option WebPublic
or...
#Const WebPublic=True
or...
WebPublic MySub()
or maybe add a new property to the module similar to Instancing or
Persistable...
Creating a variable of a specific name is totally non-intuitive.

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Hi Bob:

You have to remember Bob, this was only a demo of the planned functionality
and by no way was the functionality or syntax finalized.
I was at the demo in SF VBITS, and the individual who was doing the demo did
mention that the syntax was a quick fix for the compiler, made specifically
for the demo and that it would definitely change.

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Thanks, I was hoping that was the case.  It'd be nice if they mentioned
it in the article as well since it looks really out of place.  Some of
the other syntax looked odd as well and I suspect a lot of it may
change.  That one was just so far out in left field it caught me by
surprise -- especially since they went out of their way to show how
easy it was to add the option just by adding the one line.

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