Ian Kelly wrote: > 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.
Yes, it is. Many thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
