Re: Menu.Append/AppendSubMenu question

On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 15:22:12 +1100 'raf' via wx-users wrote:

r> I've just started converting a
r> python-2.7/wxpython-2.8.12.1 app to
r> python-3.12/wxpython-4.2.2.
r> 
r> The first API change that I've run into is
r> Menu.Append().

 There has been no changes to wxMenu::Append() in C++, so I'm not sure what
the real problem is. How do you call it exactly and what is the problem
you're seeing?

r> It looks like it used to have
r> parameters: id, text, help (at least they were the ones
r> I used - there are others). And the names have changed
r> to: id, item, helpString.

 Other than the change of parameter name, this is still the same function
doing exactly the same thing as before.

r> That's fine. but when I look at:
r> 
r>   https://docs.wxpython.org/wx.Menu.html#wx.Menu.Append
r> 
r> It says:
r> 
r>   Deprecated This function is deprecated, use AppendSubMenu instead.

 Only the overload (in C++ sense) taking wxMenu submenu is deprecated.

r> But more importantly, AppendSubMenu doesn't take an id
r> parameter.

 Because submenus don't have IDs.

r> How do I pass it the Id? I also at some point saw
r> deprecation warnings for NewId().

 This function is not formally deprecated at C++ level, but it's indeed not
recommended to use it because it allocates ID from 2 disjoint ranges which
can be unexpected. wxIdManager::ReserveId() can be used instead.

 Regards,
VZ

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