[PyKDE] KXMLGUIFactory.container()

[Phil Thompson]

On Sunday 13 April 2003 9:34 pm, Gordon Tyler wrote:
> On April 13, 2003 04:14 pm, Phil Thompson wrote:
> > I can't give an easier example than the ones in PyQt. You are defining a
> > table of class names and the corresponding SIP generated data structure
> > that represents the Python type. The table must be in alphabetical order
> > of the class name as it is searched using bsearch().
>
> Okay, I'll give that a try. Does it matter where in the sip file I define
> the %ConvertToSubClassCode block?

It must be part of a class definition, but it doesn't matter which one. I use 
the "main" class of the module, ie. QObject for qt, QCanvas for qtcanvas, 
QTable for qttable etc.

> > > What determines whether a function is a factory function?
> >
> > If it returns a new instance of a class, like a constructor. The tag is
> > needed so that SIP knows that Python is responsible for calling the
> > instance's destructor.
>
> That's not the case here I think. The function is returning instances
> managed by another class so Python doesn't need to call their destructor.

Then I'm surprised, because the KDE docs talk of factory functions.

Phil