Re: [Vala] bah! protected indeed! Re: structs unions and types

["Jared Moore" <jaredm gmx com>]

Hi Sam,

I'm having trouble understanding exactly what you are trying to access
where. Would you please be able to send a complete and minimal test
case, i.e. a standalone program which is as small as possible and
demonstrates the problem.

Cheers,
Jared

2008/6/23 Sam Liddicott <sam liddicott com>:
> Even defining it as an outer class makes vala think that it is private:
>
> /* widgets is still private */
>     public class window_widgets {
>     Gtk.Widget blah;
>     Gtk.Widget blah2;
>     }
>
> public class PhoneUIGlade : Gtk.Object {
>     protected Glade.XML xml;
>     public window_widgets widgets;
> }
>
> but if I go back to a struct, it "works" and for some reason isn't giving me
> incomplete class either.
>
>     public struct window_widgets {
>     Gtk.Widget blah;
>     Gtk.Widget blah2;
>     }
>
> public class PhoneUIGlade : Gtk.Object {
>     protected Glade.XML xml;
>     public window_widgets widgets;
> }
>
> But if I change "public" to "protected" (below) the generated .h files are
> correctly exposing the protected members, but vala still complains that:
> Access to private member `window_widgets.blah' denied
> if a subclass tries to access the widgets member.
>
>     protected struct window_widgets {
>     Gtk.Widget blah;
>     Gtk.Widget blah2;
>     }
>
> public class PhoneUIGlade : Gtk.Object {
>     protected Glade.XML xml;
>     protected window_widgets widgets;
> }
>
>
> * Sam Liddicott wrote, On 23/06/08 12:58:
>
> public class PhoneUIGlade : Gtk.Object {
>     protected Glade.XML xml;
>     public class window_widgets {
>     Gtk.Widget blah;
>     Gtk.Widget blah2;
>     }
>     protected window_widgets widgets;
>     private Module module;
> }
>
> Does not work; a subclass cannot access the protected member "widgets" with
> the error:
>  error: Access to private member `PhoneUIGlade.window_widgets.blah' denied
>
> Making the class and variable public do not work:
>
> public class PhoneUIGlade : Gtk.Object {
>     protected Glade.XML xml;
>     public class window_widgets {
>     Gtk.Widget blah;
>     Gtk.Widget blah2;
>     }
>     public window_widgets widgets;
>     private Module module;
> }
>
> aggghhhh
>
> Sam
>
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