On 2016-12-27 10:09-0500 Pedro Vicente wrote: > @Alan > >> Isn't that loss of functionality by definition a backwards >> incompatibility in the API for the plplotwxwidgets library? > > yes > > but for the current (5.11.1) release compared to the new implemented > examples, > the effect is the same > > previously the way to start the demo was > > wxPLplotwindow<wxFrame> *frame = new wxPLplotwindow<wxFrame>(); > > and now is > > wxPLplotwindow *frame = new wxPLplotwindow(); > > and because wxPLplotwindow is a child of a wxFrame, > the visible effect is exactly the same, a frame window that shows a plot.
@Pedro: Thanks for that clarification. So if users stick with the old way of creating frame they will get a build error (which I assume is the reason why Laurent is now getting build errors with his own code that links to the plplotwxwidgets library). I do not say that in a critical way since if the choices are unreliability on some platforms versus changing our API in a backwards-incompatible way, then we must take the latter choice. @Phil: Do you agree with Pedro there is no obvious way out of this choice? If so, then so be it, but we do have to warn users in the release notes of this backwards-incompatible change. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); the Time Ephemerides project (timeephem.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.sf.net); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
