should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
 done.
 
+wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
+exist for backwards compatibility.  The C++ version is now called
+automatically when wxPython is initialized.  Since all the handlers
+are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
+a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
+problems.
+
+
 
 
 2.5.1.5
 
 %rename(ImageHandler)                       wxImageHandler;
 %rename(ImageHistogram)                     wxImageHistogram;
 %rename(Image)                              wxImage;
-%rename(InitAllImageHandlers)               wxInitAllImageHandlers;
 %rename(NullImage)                          wxNullImage;
 %rename(IMAGE_RESOLUTION_INCHES)            wxIMAGE_RESOLUTION_INCHES;
 %rename(IMAGE_RESOLUTION_CM)                wxIMAGE_RESOLUTION_CM;
 
 PyAssertionError
 
 MemoryFSHandler_AddFile
+InitAllImageHandlers
 
 
 # With the * on the end these will cause code to be added that 
 
         wx.App.__init__(self, redirect, filename, useBestVisual, clearSigInt)
         
     def OnInit(self):
-        wx.InitAllImageHandlers()
         return True
 
 
 
 
 
 
-void wxInitAllImageHandlers();
+///void wxInitAllImageHandlers();
+
+%pythoncode {
+    def InitAllImageHandlers():
+        """
+        The former functionality of InitAllImageHanders is now done internal to
+        the _core_ extension module and so this function has become a simple NOP.
+        """
+        pass
+}
+
 
 
 // See also wxPy_ReinitStockObjects in helpers.cpp
 
 
     // Init the stock objects to a non-NULL value so SWIG doesn't create them as None
     wxPy_ReinitStockObjects(1);
+
+    wxInitAllImageHandlers();
 }
 
 
 
 wxImage_InsertHandler = wx._core.Image_InsertHandler
 wxImage_RemoveHandler = wx._core.Image_RemoveHandler
 wxImage_GetImageExtWildcard = wx._core.Image_GetImageExtWildcard
-wxInitAllImageHandlers = wx._core.InitAllImageHandlers
 wxNullImage = wx._core.NullImage
 wxIMAGE_OPTION_BMP_FORMAT = wx._core.IMAGE_OPTION_BMP_FORMAT
 wxIMAGE_OPTION_CUR_HOTSPOT_X = wx._core.IMAGE_OPTION_CUR_HOTSPOT_X
 wxDLG_SZE = wx._core.DLG_SZE
 wxPyAssertionError = wx._core.PyAssertionError
 wxMemoryFSHandler_AddFile = wx._core.MemoryFSHandler_AddFile
+wxInitAllImageHandlers = wx._core.InitAllImageHandlers
 
 
 d = globals()