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MyASPN >> Mail Archive >> wxpython-users
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Re: [wxpython-users] To wxPython developers
by Werner F. Bruhin other posts by this author
May 7 2008 11:40AM messages near this date
Re: Re: [wxpython-users] To wxPython developers | Re: [wxpython-users] To wxPython developers
>  On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Werner F. Bruhin <werner.bruhin@[...].fr> wrote:
>    
> > Chester,
> >
> >  Chester wrote:
> >
> >     
> >> Dear developers of wxPython, please visit this link:
> >> http://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxPython/trunk/wxPython/media.py.
> >> Since I don't have access to make the fix, I ask you to change the
> >> line
> >>
> >> if sys.modules.has_key('wxPython.wx'):
> >> to
> >> if 'wxPython.wx' in sys.modules:
> >>
> >>
> >> My proposal looks more clean and also Python 3.0 doesn't have the
> >> has_key() method anymore, so this will aid future headaches. ;)
> >>
> >>
> >>       
> >  I am not one of the wxPython experts, but I believe that all this is to
> > support the old style of imports.  I doubt that many people are still using
> > this (although there is still a bit of stuff hanging around on the wiki) and
> > if they do they should anyhow switch over to the new namespace stuff.
> >
> >  Good things for you to read:
> >  http://wxpython.org/migrationguide.php
> >  http://wiki.wxpython.org/wxPython%20Style%20Guide
> >  http://wiki.wxpython.org/How%20to%20Learn%20wxPython
> >
> >  Werner
> >     
Chester wrote:
>  I just want to make wxPython source code perfect. It is better to do
>  if 'wxPython.wx' in sys.modules:    rather than   if
>  sys.modules.has_key('wxPython.wx'):
> 
>  Though the latter gives the exact same functionality as the former, it
>  is still better to do the former. The reason is that the method
>  has_key() has been deprecated in Python 3.0, and I can see why. You
>  might still ask why? Well, because it is ugly. :)  Guido van Rossum
>  agrees. The  in  statement is a very powerful statement. Use it! :)
> 
> 
>    
I really  dislike top posting, maybe it is because my memory is failing 
or ...... maybe it is just more logical to have an answer after the 
question instead of before ;-)

I trust Robin to do the right thing on this, and I am sure he keeps very 
much aware of what is happening on Python 3.0 side and will note these 
kind of changes for a release of wxPython for P3.

Werner

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