dce/rpc "client" api

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

> Call me when you've got a *real* product with such a complaint,
> not a hypothetical one.

jeremy, you have used this argument in the past to remove "preparation"
and "groundwork" code, where such removal made it awkward and more work to
add in the functionality needed.  i plan ahead, and you destroy the
opportunities i create.

i hope that this does not continue.

luke