Mel wrote: > In wx, many of the window classes have Create methods, for filling in > various attributes in "two-step construction". I'm not sure why, because > it works so well to just supply all the details when the class is called > and an instance is constructed. Maybe there's some C++ strategy that's > being supported there.
Just guessing, is it legacy, C-with-classes code rather than C++ code perhaps? Haven't looked at wx for a while. Such code typically lacks understanding of exceptions, which are the only way to signal failure from e.g. constructors. Uli -- Domino Laser GmbH Geschäftsführer: Thorsten Föcking, Amtsgericht Hamburg HR B62 932 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list