Re: should I ref/strdup values in my _set_property() method

[Tristan Van Berkom <vantr touchtunes com>]

Stefan Kost wrote:
[...]
> statc void xxx_yyy_set_property(...) {
>   ...
>   switch(property_id) {
>     case OBJECT_PROP:
>       if(myobject) g_object_unref(myobject);
>       myobject=g_object_ref(g_value_get_object(value));
>       break;
>     case STRINTG_PROP:
>       if(mystring) g_free(mystring);
>       mystring=g_value_dup_string(value);
>       break;
>   }
> }

   The GValue containing the string will be destroyed so
it is nescisary to dup the string (get string is a pointer
to the GValue's copy). The GValue probably holds a reference
to the object untill the GValue is destroyed as well, so If you
want a reference, you need to reference it ;-)

Cheers,
                               -Tristan