[wx-dev] Ideas for Future wxWidgets

[Jorgen Bodde]

Also, I would dump the majority of the email and discussion on future
wxWidgets in the wxWiki, so that it can be tracked later and maybe
crystalize in concrete ideas.

With regards,
- Jorgen

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 5:40 AM, Ryan Wilcox <ryanwilcox at mac.com> wrote:
>
> Brian Vanderburg II said:
>
>> This is just some ramblings for ideas about a very far off version of
>> wxWidgets.  They are just ramblings not necessarily any real good ideas.
>> ...
>>
>>
>> More template based:
>
> Brian,
>
> I think it would be interesting to have a collection of wx utilities,
> written in "modern C++ style", or to help programmers writing in this style.
> I have a few utilities I could contribute, but only a few.
>
> (Or maybe a section in wxCode for this kind of C++ work?).
>
> Another great idea I think, for those that want a more "modern" C++
> wxWidgets is to just create a wxC++, just like wxPython etc. While I haven't
> been following wxWidgets development over the past few years as I used to, I
> can totally understand that the core wxDevs have some good reasons for
> Keeping The C++ Simple. From supporting ancient compilers to keeping it easy
> to generate things like wxPython, to backwards compatibility, to just not
> liking the whole "modern C++" movement, there are plenty of reasons.
>
> Except, with a wxC++ port, many of these reasons go out the window, and
> progress towards making wxWidgets more friendly for modern C++ programmers
> can be made, without having to worry about the core devs. (or it could be
> seen as a research branch).
>
> Those are my thoughts, howe they help,
> _Ryan Wilcox
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