[IPython-dev] Uniform way of integrating event loops among different IDE's
Almar Klein
almar.klein at gmail.com
Tue Sep 7 03:36:19 EDT 2010
On 6 September 2010 22:45, Fernando Perez <fperez.net at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Almar Klein <almar.klein at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > May I suggest to put in a start_event_loop_* for tk and gtk even if
> they'd
> > just do "pass"? It would look more uniform to the user. Now it looks a
> bit
> > like gtk and tk are not yet supported.
>
> Even better, we just put in there
>
> # GTK
>
> # Go home happy, you don't need to do anything for GTK! Your code
> works without any extra modifications needed :)
>
> I'd rather just explain that to people than make them do busy calls
> that serve no purpose. Most people (with a few exceptions, obviously)
> only write code for the toolkit they use, so the gtk crowd (and
> possibly tk/fltk) will just register "I don't have to worry about it"
> and move on, rather than sprinkling all their codes with extra no-ops.
>
In general, this "busy call" is only done once per application right? So not
much harm done IMO.
But well, if properly documented, I can agree with your suggestion.
Cheers,
Almar
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