Re: Can I make a IM Module resident?

[James Su <suzhe turbolinux com cn>]

Hi,
Sorry to bother you again. Does it mean, if I create an instance of this 
type within my immodule, then my module will never be unloaded? Because 
im_module_exit will never be called if there is an instance living, but 
the instance must be destroyed within im_module_exit. Looks like a black 
hole :-)

Regards
James Su

Owen Taylor wrote:

> On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 21:32, James Su wrote:
>  
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> > Hi,
> > I tried to use g_type_module_register_type () to register my class. This 
> > time, the application is never crashed, but the IM module is never 
> > unloaded. What's the matter with it?
> >    
>
> As long as there is an instance of a type, the module implementing
> that type won't be unloaded. Maybe that is your problem.
>
> Regards,
>                                            Owen
>
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>
> > Owen Taylor wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 03:31, James Su wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Oh, I see. But the interface of this function is different with the 
> > > > static one, could you please give me some hint on how to use it?
> > > >
> > > > The GTypeInfo parameter is replaced by a GTypePlugin pointer. Could you 
> > > > please tell me how can I convert a GTypeInfo into GTypePlugin?
> > > >   
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > The idea of GTypePlugin is that you provide information to GObject
> > > as to how to load your type when necessary.
> > >
> > > However, you don't need to provide your own GTypePlugin or
> > > use g_type_register_dynamic() directly... what the GTypeModule 
> > > parameter passed to your init() is is basically an
> > > implementation of GTypePlugin that is already set up to for you
> > > use.
> > >
> > > Just use g_type_module_register_type() rather than 
> > > g_type_register_static(). There are multiple examples of this
> > > in the provided input modules, or for more examples, you can 
> > > look at the theme engines in the gtk-engines/ modules. (They
> > > generally register two types .. one GtkStyle type and one
> > > GtkRcStyle type.)
> > >
> > >      
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