Re: [wxperl-users] Loading of modules

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

On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Jouke Visser wrote:

>Hi,
>
>One thing that is beginning to increasingly annoy me is the fact that
>it's not clear which modules should be loaded for specific Wx classes I
>want to use. I'm doing a 'use Wx qw(:everything)' normally, and for
>image-related classes I am supposed to do a 'use Wx::Image', for
No

>html-related classes, I am supposed to do a 'use Wx::Html' (even though
>it's for the usage of 'Wx::HtmlWindow', not 'Wx::Html').
Wx::Html - anything related to wxHtml
Wx::Help - anything related to the help system
Wx::Print - anything related to printing
Wx::FS   - anything related to wxFileSystem
Wx::Grid - anything related to wxGrid
Wx::MDI  - anything related to MDI
Wx::STC  - StyledTextControl
Wx::XRC  - XML resources
Wx       - you better do that first...

In case some functionality crosses the boundary you need all related
classes (e.g. Wx::HtmlEasyPrinting -> Wx::Html, Wx::Print;
Wx::HtmlHelpController -> Wx::Help, Wx::Html).

>Isn't it an idea to do a 'use Wx qw(:everything)' which preloads every
>submodule that comes with the standard wxPerl distribution? Or even to
>add another tag like 'use Wx qw(:allclasses)'?
I prefer the latter, if it is to be implemented.

>I think it should be clear when which module should be loaded, or not to
I tink it is a simple matter of documentation; would it be visible enough
if I added a "wxPerl notes" just below "wxPython notes"?

>load specific modules at all.

Regards
Mattia