Re: 1.4.1 On OSX

Dave Page wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> I finally tracked down the bug in 1.4.1 on Mac which causes a crash whenever
> pretty much any property dialogue is opened. Basically, in
> ctlComboBox::GetSelection() we call GetCurrentSelection(). In wxMac however,
> this simply calls GetSelection() which is a virtual and results in our
> GetSelection() actually getting called, in turn causing a loop and eventual
> stack overflow.
>
> So, the attached patch seems to fix the problem and return the auto-complete
> code to the same slightly-broken-but-usable state that it was in 1.4.0 (i.e,
> you can only type the first character of a data type for example, and the
> first match will be selected).
>
> Can you take a look and confirm my analysis (or call me an idiot, whatever
> is correct!) before I apply this to both branches and packare 1.4.1.plus
> please?

In general I agree. I committed a fix in ctlComboBoxFix doing
essentially the same, but the version dependent GetCurrentSelection code
isn't cluttered around the sources this way.

Regards,
Andreas