[wxPython 2.8.3.0 on Mac OS 10.4.11] What exactly is OVERWRITE_PROMPT supposed to do?

[David.Goldsmith]

Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:48:43 -0800 "David.Goldsmith" <David.L.Goldsmith at noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> D> Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
> D> > On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:19:11 -0800 "David.Goldsmith" <David.L.Goldsmith at noaa.gov> wrote:
> D> >
> D> > D> What exactly is wx.OVERWRITE_PROMPT supposed to do
> D> >
> D> >  It's supposed to show a confirmation prompt if you select the name of an
> D> > existing file. I don't think this is implemented under Mac 
> D> Why wouldn't it be?  (I know us Mac users are smarter ;-), but not 
> D> necessarily any less error-prone.)
>
>  I thought it was always shown, sorry. Anyhow, the only remaining
> explanation is that nobody had time to do it yet 
Um, maybe this could be my first contribution to wx; I'll have to look 
at the source for implementing it on other platforms and see how 
difficult it would be for me to submit a patch.
> and it probably doesn't
> help you much anyhow.
>   
I guess it all depends on how "paranoid" the user and/or developer is: 
having lost 8+ hours of work once (way way back in the days before 
autosave) and having absentmindedly and/or accidentally saved over 
versions I wanted to preserve umpteen times in my life (prior to having 
an SCM at my disposal), I've become one of those people who always 
leaves "dummy-proof" features "on." :-)

DG
>  Regards,
> VZ
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