Implicit initialization is EXCELLENT

[Mel]

Ian Kelly wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt
> <ulrich.eckhardt at 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.