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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:26:48 -0600
Subject: Re: Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT
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On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt
<ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> wrote:
> Mel wrote:
>> In wx, many of the window classes have Create methods, for filling in
>> various attributes in "two-step construction". =A0I'm not sure why, beca=
use
>> it works so well to just supply all the details when the class is called
>> and an instance is constructed. =A0Maybe 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 fro=
m
> 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.