Re: [Wxlua-users] lua naming convention change for named enums as class members

[John L. <jla...@gm...>]

On 2/3/06, k. holwerda <kla...@nl...> wrote:
> John Labenski wrote:
>
> >are in wxLua as just "wx.enum1". I propose that it be changed to
> >"wx.MyClass_enum1" where we throw away the enum name, but keep the
> >class name. This way we unclutter the global wx namespace with
> >seemingly arbitrary enum values which should logically tie them more
> >closely to the class that they actually belong to and are used with. I
> >think that to go as far as calling the enums
> >"wx.MyClass_SomeEnumType_enum1" is probably too much and I don't think
> >we'll run into to problems by not bothering to implement that since
> >C/C++ doesn't enforce you to use the enum name anyway.
> >
> >Anyone have any concerns about this change?
> >
> Even in C++ one gets the enum value with
>
> MyClass::enum1
>
> like e.g. :
>
> a2dFill* clone =3D m_fill->TClone( MyClass::enum1 );
>
> That is without the SomeEnumType in it..
> So why not do:
>
> wx.MyClass.enum1
>
> or
>
> wx.MyClass:enum1
>
> I don't understand the _ there. Of is it impossible to do it like that??

Because we'd have to make a table of the enum values for each class
name requiring far more complicated code. I thought that just using an
underscore would be a happy medium.

Regards,
    John Labenski