Kevin Walzer wrote: > From the introduction to PyObjC, the Python-Objective-C bridge on Mac > OS X: > > "As described in Objective-C for PyObjC users the creation of > Objective-C objects is a two-stage process. To initialize objects, first > call a class method to allocate the memory (typically alloc), and then > call an initializer (typically starts with init). Some classes have > class methods which perform this behind the scenes, especially classes > that create cached, immutable, or singleton instances." > > An example: > > myObject = NSObject.alloc().init() > > I know Tkinter doesn't require any manual memory allocation of this > sort. Does wxPython, PyQt, PyGtk require anything like this when > creating objects? >
Thanks to all for an illuminating thread on the mathematical implications of "learning curve" and other aspects. This thread has wandered pretty far from my original question (above) but I got at least one useful answer, so I am grateful. -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list