+// PORTERS, NB: this typedef is the platform specific type for dashes..
+// change all occurences of XSTUBX in pen.h and pen.cpp to something
+// meaningful for your port (eg. wxMSWDash, wxGTKDash) and change the
+// type from long to whatever your platform requires.
+
+typedef long wxXSTUBXDash;
+
+// wxDash is typedef'd in gdicmn.h and is the type that should be used
+// for all public interfaces. Convert parameters to the wxXSTUBXDash
+// type for use inside the platform specific methods, and cast them
+// back to wxDash again before passing back to the user. -- RL