Re: [boost] WxWidgets [was: thread abort exception] [OT]

From: Phil Endecott (spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-06 09:33:46

Alec Ross wrote:
> In message <fa28b9250707051129w2fec285s77c32c696a54dbcf_at_[hidden]>, 
> Scott McMurray <me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden]> writes
>>Have you looked at the
>>wx developer guidelines lately?  Looks like they want nothing from
>>after the ARM:
>>   1. Don't use C++ templates
>>   2. Don't use C++ exceptions
>>   3. Don't use RTTI
>>   4. Don't use namespaces
>>   5. Don't use STL
>>   6. Don't declare variables inside for()
>>   7. Don't use nested classes
>>   8. Don't use new logical operators keywords
>>~ http://www.wxwidgets.org/develop/standard.htm

I have also considered using WxWidgets and rejected it after seeing 
that page.

> This doc is obviously obsolete wrt the development codebase, and the 
> direction that it is taking.

Can you share a URL?  I've just looked at their "Latest manual build 
from the CVS online" at 
http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~zeitlin/wxWindows/docs/wxwin.htm and it 
seems to entirely follow those guidelines, with their own home-made 
string, list and vector classes, a "WX" prefix instead of a namespace, 
sentinel values to indicate errors, and so on.  If this is out of date 
that is great news, but they are keeping their new stuff well hidden!

> FWIW I have been using STL quite satisfactorily with wxWidgets for 
> several years.

If you have a wrapper layer that converts WxString<->std::string, 
WxList<->std::list etc., please share it!

Regards,

Phil.