- // process the first event in the event queue (blocks until an event
- // appears if there are none currently, use Pending() if this is not
- // wanted), returns false if the event loop should stop and true
- // otherwise
+ // deletes the current pending events
+ void DeletePendingEvents();
+
+
+ // delayed destruction
+ // -------------------
+
+ // If an object may have pending events for it, it shouldn't be deleted
+ // immediately as this would result in a crash when trying to handle these
+ // events: instead, it should be scheduled for destruction and really
+ // destroyed only after processing all pending events.
+ //
+ // Notice that this is only possible if we have a running event loop,
+ // otherwise the object is just deleted directly by ScheduleForDestruction()
+ // and IsScheduledForDestruction() always returns false.
+
+ // schedule the object for destruction in the near future
+ void ScheduleForDestruction(wxObject *object);
+
+ // return true if the object is scheduled for destruction
+ bool IsScheduledForDestruction(wxObject *object) const;
+
+
+ // wxEventLoop-related methods
+ // ---------------------------
+
+ // all these functions are forwarded to the corresponding methods of the
+ // currently active event loop -- and do nothing if there is none
+ virtual bool Pending();