+void wxSizer::Clear( bool delete_windows )
+{
+ // First clear the ContainingSizer pointers
+ wxNode *node = m_children.First();
+ while (node)
+ {
+ wxSizerItem *item = (wxSizerItem*)node->Data();
+ if (item->IsWindow())
+ item->GetWindow()->SetContainingSizer(NULL);
+ node = node->Next();
+ }
+
+ // Destroy the windows if needed
+ if (delete_windows)
+ DeleteWindows();
+
+ // Now empty the list
+ m_children.Clear();
+}
+
+void wxSizer::DeleteWindows()
+{
+ wxNode *node = m_children.First();
+ while (node)
+ {
+ wxSizerItem *item = (wxSizerItem*)node->Data();
+ item->DeleteWindows();
+ node = node->Next();
+ }
+}
+