[glib: 1/3] g_object_get_property: Clarify meaning of G_TYPE_INVALID



commit bf8b669061295d35b4c4beb24dc2b9beff737ed4
Author: Simon McVittie <smcv collabora com>
Date:   Wed Jun 5 10:49:22 2019 +0100

    g_object_get_property: Clarify meaning of G_TYPE_INVALID
    
    "Uninitialized value" is partially correct, since it has not been
    initialized with a type, but it's more precise to say
    "zero-initialized value". It is still a programming error to pass a
    pointer to uninitialized memory with arbitrary contents as the value.
    
    Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv collabora com>

 gobject/gobject.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/gobject/gobject.c b/gobject/gobject.c
index 3a1fbdd87..ea515796f 100644
--- a/gobject/gobject.c
+++ b/gobject/gobject.c
@@ -2607,7 +2607,7 @@ g_object_get_property (GObject       *object,
       
       if (G_VALUE_TYPE (value) == G_TYPE_INVALID)
         {
-          /* uninitialized value */
+          /* zero-initialized value */
           g_value_init (value, pspec->value_type);
           prop_value = value;
         }


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