Subj : Re: Windows Procedural Programming
To   : comp.programming
From : Phlip
Date : Mon Jul 25 2005 03:16 am

Joe Butler wrote:

> By 'primitive', I'd read: 'fundamental', for 'generic', I'd read,
> 'fundamental'.  For _zillions_, well, I've just counted how many calls
need
> to be made to get a window up - 7 API calls.  Then it's a matter of how
> complex your Window behaviour is.  If it's just gonna put some text on the
> screen, well, that's a 3 API calls - and 2 of those are just the markers
for
> the beginning and end of the graphics drawing handler.  This is nothing
like
> the zillions mentioned.

I suspect that's 7 calls without the button.

I posted code requiring 0 calls for the window and about 2 for the button.

The library guesses: Gee maybe if they want a button, they need a window to
go under it.

That's what I mean by a smart wrapper.

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  Phlip
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