test wxPython wx.TextCtrl text length limit

import wx

# Test wx.TextCtrl for preexisting textctrl.value limit.
# 2011-Sep-09
# used tab char not 4 spaces


class Frame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent=None, inc=100, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Frame,self).__init__(parent, *args, **kwargs)

        self.tc = wx.TextCtrl(self, style=wx.TE_MULTILINE)
        #tc.Bind(wx.EVT_COMMAND_TEXT_MAXLEN, self.OnHitMax)
        self.tc.Bind(wx.EVT_TEXT_MAXLEN, self.OnHitMax)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.OnClose)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_IDLE, self.OnIdle)

        self.text = '123456789 ' * inc
        #self.text = '123456789 ' * 10000
        self.appendMore = True

        self.Show()

    def OnHitMax(self, event):
        print( 'Length: %d' % len(self.tc.GetValue()))
        self.appendMore = False
        event.Skip()

    def OnIdle(self, event):
        print( 'Length: %d' % len(self.tc.GetValue()))
        if self.appendMore:
            self.tc.AppendText(self.text)

        event.Skip()

    def OnClose(self, event):
        self.Destroy()


print('\n')
print('Look what happens at 30000 and 62000')
print('To speed it up wiggle mouse over window.')
print('Note that on Windows Xp Pro SP3 32bit idle event happens once a sec.')
print("Tested on wxPython '2.8.11.0 (msw-unicode)'")
print('Python 2.7 (r27:82525, Jul  4 2010, 09:01:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32')
print('\n')

app = wx.App(0)
frame = Frame(None, 100, title='Test wx.TextCtrl maxium limit')
app.MainLoop()