RE: [wxperl-users] Re: wxValidator available via wxPerl

[Mattia B. <mb...@ds...>]

Sorry for the delay

> > wxTextValidator is OK for Perl, while wxGenericValidator does
> > 1 - use overloading
> >     wxGV construtor takes one of a int/bool/string/integer array
> >     (C++) pointer ( think Perl references ), but in Perl
> >     int/string/bool map to scalar.
> Yes, I think a Perl-implemented GenericValidator can just take the
> address of the variable to/from which to deposit/get data, and can
> handle it appropriately internally by checking the reference type.
the trouble is that in perl you can only have scalar references,
so you need a flag to tell the class you want a number/string/bool
transferred

> > 2 - there is no NumericValidator ( or whatever you want to call it )
> >     one that does a text->number conversion with error
> >     checking/bound checking, for intehers and floats
> What would you like it to do?  Take a mask and validate the input
> according to the mask?  (I'm assuming there's no existing wx masked text
> control already).
the one I wrote in C++ a year ago could:
* check that the number is aproper integer number
  ( if you passed a int/long pointer )
* check that the number is a proper float number
  ( if you passed a float/double pointer )
* optionally check that the number is in some
  range

> > 3 - I don't like wxGV because it tries to do
> >     validation for all controls, doing the Right Thing, but this
> >     sometimes is not possible ( like: for comboboxes
> >     if you pass a string, it returns the selected string,
> >     if you pass an integer it returns the index of the 
> > selected string in
> >     the combobox, but if I want the selected string as a number
> >     ( because my combobox contains, say, 1,2,3,4,6,12 ) I need
> >     a custom validator ( this relates to the lack of a 
> > NumericValidator ) 
> >     BTW this example does not fit with Perl ( because in Perl a
> >     number "is" a string, but I hope you get the idea )
> > 
> Hmm... Have looked at the C++ code for the GV, and see what you mean
> with comboboxes.  
> 
> Just trying to work out how we can differentiate between setting
> selection by index or string. In this case, I think we need a separate
> ComboBoxValidator (or rather ChoiceValidator), with a flag passed to the
> constructor indicating how we want to set the selection (index or
> string).
> 
> In the light of this, do you think we should not have a GV, but have
> individual ones for each control type, or implement the GV in Perl with
> more intelligence?

> > But since I do not use validator that much, it's up to you to decide
> Oh goody!

> In terms of package/object naming, what should I do?  Not sure if the
> Perl validators should be in the Wx namespace.  Notwithstanding that, I
> think I should name the validators PlGenericValidator, PlChoiceValidator
> etc., to differentiate from the 'native' wx validators.  What do you
> think?  I don't know if there are standards already published on this in
> the Wx/Perl community.
See my other mail.

Thanks!
Mattia