wxruby users - Apr 2004 - Keyword arguments?

Hi,

I just started playing with wxruby (0.3.0) and I
noticed that some of the widgets, e.g. Frame, take
quite a few arguments.

Any chance of providing keyword arguments?  I don''t
necessarily mean a hash, but you could use the "yield
self if block_given?" trick.  Instead of:

Frame.new(nil,-1,"Hello
World",Point.new(300,300),Size.new(300,150))

You could do:

Frame.new{ |f|
   f.parent_window = false
   f.identifier    = -1
   f.title         = "Hello World"
   f.position      = Point.new(300,300)
   f.size          = Size.new(300,150)
   f.style         = "whatever"
}

This is easier to read.  I also think you''re less
likely to make a mistake with this style of coding,
e.g. you won''t mix up size and position in this
example.  

Whaddya think?

Regards,

Dan



	
		
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Daniel Berger wrote:
> Instead of:
> 
> Frame.new(nil,-1,"Hello
> World",Point.new(300,300),Size.new(300,150))
> 
> You could do:
> 
> Frame.new{ |f|
>    f.parent_window = false
>    f.identifier    = -1
>    f.title         = "Hello World"
>    f.position      = Point.new(300,300)
>    f.size          = Size.new(300,150)
>    f.style         = "whatever"
> }
Yes, I like this style. After wxRuby is a good, basic wrapper for 
wxWidgets, I definitely want to add API improvements along these lines.

Thanks

Kevin