Hi,
>I'm implementing a function (LoadURL) which takes a single argument of
>const wxString&. wxString is implemented in the main Wx typemap, but not
>a
const version. If I try neglecting the const in my .xs file I'm told:
<snip>
>... Clearly I'm swinging in the dark here <:-) I'm working my way slowly
>towards understanding everything that's actually going on so I can have
>a
proper go at this.
>
>In the meantime I wondered if there was a reason const
wxString hadn't
>been implemented before?
Basically, it's not needed: if
you are writing XS, just use 'wxString' in the
function declaration; if you are
using XS++ (see below) 'const wxString &'
should work just fine.
>I grepped
and found it in some of the main Wx package .xs files, but
>always inside a
structure like " %name{Wx::TextCtrlBase} class
>wxTextCtrlBase {... " and I
don't recognise that syntax /at all/. The Wx
>package features strongly when
doing a Google Code Search for "%name{".
>What is it?
It's a more compact,
C++-like syntax, parsed by ExtUtils::XSpp and converted
into plain XS before
being parsed by xsubpp.
HTH
Mattia
