Re: [gtk-osx-users] gtk-osx question

[Chris Angelico <rosuav gmail com>]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 4:57 AM, Richard Procter
<richard n procter gmail com> wrote:
> I suspect that for the |=, C++, but not C, implicitly converts the GdkModifierType operands to int but
> then refuses to implicitly convert back to GdkModifier type when it comes to the assignment (as blindly 
> converting
> an invalid value would break the type).

That sounds like flawed design. The GdkModifier enumerated values are
documented as bit flags [1], so the type for a collection of them
should surely be a straight integer (probably 'int' or 'unsigned').
But most likely an explicit cast will fix the problem.

ChrisA

[1] https://developer.gnome.org/gdk3/stable/gdk3-Windows.html#GdkModifierType