Tkinter items question

[Fredrik Lundh]

Weil <weil at sireconnect.de> wrote:
> def DeleteLastItem(self,event):
>     items = self.find_all()
>     if items:
>         self.delete(items[-1])
>
> But, I was wondering, if there is a more direct way to
> access the last item other than retrieving all items first.
> I could of course keep a list of all created items myself,
> but that seems a bit ugly, especially as my app couldn't
> use this list for anything else.

you don't want to keep track of the items yourself, and
you don't want to use Tk's list of items?  hmm...

okay, how about storing a serial number as a tag.  when
you create a new object, do something like:

    self.serial = self.serial + 1
    tag = "item%d" % self.serial
    self.create_item(..., tags=tag)

and

    tag = "item%d" % self.serial
    self.delete(self.serial)
    serial.serial = serial.serial - 1

you'd probably consume less memory by storing a list of
int(handle)'s, but that's another story.

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