Rename the routine to start the target running _start(), with a compatibility

routine start() calling it.

Some suites declare an event start(), which obscures this method, which
causes the class initializer to fail when called with start=1.

Based on bug report and fix suggestion by Jacob Kaplan-Moss.
This commit is contained in:
Jack Jansen 2002-01-23 22:46:30 +00:00
parent bd8ce79390
commit c8febecd3c

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@ -157,15 +157,19 @@ def __init__(self, signature=None, start=0, timeout=0):
else:
self.send_timeout = AppleEvents.kAEDefaultTimeout
if start:
self.start()
self._start()
def start(self):
def _start(self):
"""Start the application, if it is not running yet"""
try:
self.send('ascr', 'noop')
except AE.Error:
_launch(self.target_signature)
def start(self):
"""Deprecated, used _start()"""
self._start()
def newevent(self, code, subcode, parameters = {}, attributes = {}):
"""Create a complete structure for an apple event"""