wx.Bitmap(x, y) and wx.Bitmap.Create(x, y) vs. wx.EmptyBitmap(x, y)

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Hi,

I've added a new feature - create empty bitmaps or create bitmaps via artprovider - to wxGlade some days ago. I couldn't use similar templates to create source code for C++, Lisp, Python and Perl from the wxGlade designs, because wxPython doesn't allow creating empty bitmaps via wx.Bitmap(x, y) or wx.Bitmap.Create(x, y) like the wxWidgets manual describes.

Both methods are not implemented in wxPython 3.0.2 currently:

wx.Bitmap().Create(1, 1)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/wx-3.0-gtk2/wx/_gdi.py", line 639, in __init__
    _gdi_.Bitmap_swiginit(self,_gdi_.new_Bitmap(*args, **kwargs))
TypeError: Required argument 'name' (pos 1) not found

wx.Bitmap(1, 1)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/wx-3.0-gtk2/wx/_gdi.py", line 639, in __init__
    _gdi_.Bitmap_swiginit(self,_gdi_.new_Bitmap(*args, **kwargs))
TypeError: String or Unicode type required

Now I use wx.EmptyBitmap(x,y) for Python, but is a wxPython-only wrapper function. wxPerl and C++ are supporting creation of empty bitmaps via wx.Bitmap(x, y) and wx.Bitmap.Create(x, y) like written in the wxWidgets manual.

My general intention is to create similar source code for different languages from the same wxGlade design. Thereby I kindly ask you to add support for wx.Bitmap(x, y) and wx.Bitmap.Create(x, y) to the next wxPython release.

Thank you,
Carsten