[SciPy-dev] gui_thread issue

[Prabhu Ramachandran]

>>>>> "PP" == Pearu Peterson <pearu at scipy.org> writes:

    PP> gui_thread.register is wrapped in gui_thread.__init__ to
    PP> return its argument. So, modal_sample is acctually using the
    PP> new approach.

Oh, OK. :)

    >> Should we just remove all references to the old way and make
    >> the new way the default?  The old code will still be useful so
    >> perhaps we create an 'old' directory and move stuff there?
    >>
    >> So what is the consensus on this?

    PP> I'd remove the old code since it didn't work well and clean up
    PP> code that uses gui_thread.

    PP> Btw, is there any reason that gui_thread.start() should not be
    PP> executed while importing gui_thread? People tend to forget
    PP> executing gui_thread.start().

The trouble is if you want to access gui_thread functionality without
starting the secondary thread.  If I am not mistaken, if
gui_thread.start() was called on import and wx was already imported,
the import would fail and you can't import anything inside gui_thread.

cheers,
prabhu