Do other Python GUI toolkits require this?

Kevin Walzer kw at codebykevin.com
Sat Apr 21 11:27:20 EDT 2007


Kevin Walzer wrote:
>  From the introduction to PyObjC, the Python-Objective-C bridge on Mac 
> OS X:
> 
> "As described in Objective-C for PyObjC users the creation of 
> Objective-C objects is a two-stage process. To initialize objects, first 
> call a class method to allocate the memory (typically alloc), and then 
> call an initializer (typically starts with init). Some classes have 
> class methods which perform this behind the scenes, especially classes 
> that create cached, immutable, or singleton instances."
> 
> An example:
> 
> myObject = NSObject.alloc().init()
> 
> I know Tkinter doesn't require any manual memory allocation of this 
> sort. Does wxPython, PyQt, PyGtk require anything like this when 
> creating objects?
> 


Thanks to all for an illuminating thread on the mathematical 
implications of "learning curve" and other aspects. This thread has 
wandered pretty far from my original question (above) but I got at least 
one useful answer, so I am grateful.

-- 
Kevin Walzer
Code by Kevin
http://www.codebykevin.com



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