On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckha...@dominolaser.com> wrote: > 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.
No, wx is C++ through and through. For the why of it, see: http://wiki.wxpython.org/TwoStageCreation The "More Details" section is particularly illuminating. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
