@Alan > So if users stick with the old way of > creating frame they will get a build error
yes However, there is something we could try, which is, keep the current way of wxPLplotwindow beging a template, and at the same time overriding the Create() function (with template). this could mean that the template would only work for wxFrame, like now wxPLplotwindow<wxFrame> *frame = new wxPLplotwindow<wxFrame>(); but that would not break current applications I'll try that later today -Pedro On 2016-12-27 12:58, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > 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 > __________________________ -- Pedro Vicente pedro.vice...@space-research.org http://www.space-research.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
