[wxPython-dev] wxPython 2.8.0.1 compile errors

[Robin Dunn]

Anthony Tuininga wrote:
> I downloaded the source for wxPython 2.8.0.1 and deliberately turned
> off wxWidgets 2.6 compatibility. wxWidgets compiled successfully but
> wxPython fails because it references a number of wxWidgets 2.6
> compatibility stuff directly. My question is how this should be
> resolved. I can thinkg of a number of choices:
> 
> 1) add #ifdef statements to remove the 2.6 compatibility stuff when it
> is not enabled in wxWidgets
> 
> 2) deliberately reference the new routines but leave them visible in
> wxPython with the old names
> 
> I'm thinking that #1 makes sense and I can provide patches that will
> do this (if desired) but I'd like to know that first before going to a
> lot of effort. Thanks.

The plan is to remove the things that 2.6 compatibility stuff when we 
start on 2.9 so I'd rather not mess with it until then.

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Robin Dunn
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