[wxperl-users] Minor inconsistency using MenuItem and EVT_MENU

[Everett, T. <TEv...@AL...>]

I was playing around with using -1 as the passed control ID in the
constructor as described in
http://wxperl.sourceforge.net/manual/manual4.html
<http://wxperl.sourceforge.net/manual/manual4.html>  .  I noticed that it
doesn't work:).  In the interim, I've simply created an interator in my
package and used that for the constructor.  I also noticed that I had to
explicitly call ->GetId() when using EVT_MENU.

I've just started playing with wxPerl - someone mentioned it on the PDK
mailing list, and my curiosity was piqued.  I've been a long-time PerlTk
user, but Tk suffers from a rather non-standard look and feel under Win32.
As I've started playing with wxPerl, my initial goal has been to develop a
set of viable patterns because my experience with Perl/Tk has taught me that
the hardest thing to do is to manage all of the widgets in program in a
manner that minimizes maintenance headaches.  The ID situation struck me as
a bit of a kludge, and so I was happy to discover there are ways around it.

--Toby Everett