Re: Why is there no gtk_window_free() ?

[Tadej Borovšak <tadeboro gmail com>]

2009/3/23 John Emmas <johne53 tiscali co uk>:
> Thanks guys,
>
> I've been following a (pretty well respected) book about GTK development but
> it only seems to use gtk_widget_destroy() for dialog boxes.  For example, a
> dialog box might get created using gtk_dialog_new_with_buttons() and
> eventually gets destroyed with gtk_widget_destroy().  But elsewhere in the
> examples, other dialog elements get created using (say) gtk_label_new() or
> gtk_hbox_new() or whatever - but none of them ever seem to get freed.  Also,
> the main window (created using gtk_window_new() ) never gets freed either,
> in any of the examples.
>
> Even quite complex items, such as file chooser dialogs and color selection
> dialogs get liberally created in the examples but never freed anywhere.  Do
> GTK dialogs and top level windows automatically look after their child
> windows or should I have looked a bit harder when I was buying the book??
>
> John
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Hello.

I'm no expert at those things, but during my coding with gtk I learned
some things about memory management that I described in this forum
post. You may find it useful quick-start introduction into official
gobject and gtk documentation.

http://gtkforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=2412


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