Re: [Vala] TreePath from TreeView.get_cursor() never freed?

[Geert Jan <gj_alsem yahoo com>]

Using a strong TreePath gives an error during compilation:

"error: duplicating TreePath instance, use weak variable or explicitly invoke copy method"


--- On Sun, 10/5/08, Yu Feng <rainwoodman gmail com> wrote:

> From: Yu Feng <rainwoodman gmail com>
> Subject: Re: [Vala] TreePath from TreeView.get_cursor() never freed?
> To: gj_alsem yahoo com
> Cc: vala-list gnome org
> Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 5:43 PM
> On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 06:00 -0700, Geert Jan wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > This doesn't seem right to me. When in Vala I
> write:
> > 
> >   weak TreePath path;
> What about make it strong?
> TreePath path;
> 
> >   weak TreeViewColumn focus_column;
> >   treeview.get_cursor (out path, out focus_column);
> > 
> > ...it generates the following C code:
> > 
> >   GtkTreePath* path;
> >   GtkTreeViewColumn* focus_column;
> >   path = NULL;
> >   focus_column = NULL;
> >   gtk_tree_view_get_cursor (GTK_TREE_VIEW (treeview),
> &path, &focus_column);
> > 
> > The GtkTreePath* path in the C code is never freed,
> even though the GTK documentation on
> gtk_tree_view_get_cursor() clearly states: "The
> returned GtkTreePath must be freed with gtk_tree_path_free()
> when you are done with it."
> > 
> > Am I missing something or is this a bug in Vala?
> > 
> >