Re: gtk2-perl-xs viewport with null adjustments?

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 21:01, Steven Usdansky wrote:
> Is there a Gtk2::Perl equivalent of the C-statement     
>      my_viewport = gtk_viewport_new (NULL, NULL); 
> The old Gtk-Perl tutorial is a bit light on the subject of viewports, the
> perl-gtk-ref.pdf says that the parameters may be undef, but I can't for the
> life of me figure out what to put in the parentheses, and    
>      my $my_viewport =Gtk2::Viewport();  
> aborts with the message      
>      variable is not of type Gtk2::Adjustment at ./ip_viewer.pl line 35

in general, undef is to be substituted for NULL.  as ross pointed out,
there are many places in the code where the bindings do not allow undef
to pass, where it might be quite allowable.  in general, undef is bad,
so we have to allow it explicitly.


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