In terms of optimizations
In many articles have I read about pointers being a lot easier to pass than strings and should usually be used when using classes and such. But there is a lot more code involved when making this happen. Take the below example:
Code:
wxString input = InputBox->GetValue(); //Get value from input box.
wxString* output = grid->Encode(&input); //Receive pointer from function.
OutputBox->SetValue( *output ); //Print that pointers variables value
delete output; //Deallocate output.
This compared to:
Code:
OutputBox->SetValue(grid->Encode( InputBox->GetValue() ) ); //Encode uses return string from GetValue() and SetValue uses return string of Encode
wxString is simply a STD String except a few modifications from wxWidgets team.