hopefully better description of GetSocketGUIFunctionsTable's purpose

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@25473 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

diff --git a/include/wx/apptrait.h b/include/wx/apptrait.h
index dcc488e1e24bec056e123bdbd1094a6177a3c982..beab013f9392ce1822efaf99750ca7f44207e5ef 100644 (file)
--- a/include/wx/apptrait.h
+++ b/include/wx/apptrait.h
@@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ public:
     virtual void RemoveFromPendingDelete(wxObject *object) = 0;
 
 #if wxUSE_SOCKETS
     virtual void RemoveFromPendingDelete(wxObject *object) = 0;
 
 #if wxUSE_SOCKETS

-    // return table of GUI callbacks for GSocket code or NULL in wxBase
+    // return table of GUI callbacks for GSocket code or NULL in wxBase. This
+    // is needed because networking classes are in their own library and so 
+    // they can't directly call GUI functions (the same net library can be
+    // used in both GUI and base apps). To complicate it further, GUI library
+    // ("wxCore") doesn't depend on networking library and so only a functions
+    // table can be passed around

     virtual GSocketGUIFunctionsTable* GetSocketGUIFunctionsTable() = 0;
 #endif
 
     virtual GSocketGUIFunctionsTable* GetSocketGUIFunctionsTable() = 0;
 #endif