[anjuta-devel] Next step for GDL

[Sébastien Granjoux <seb sfo free fr>]

Hi,


I have spent some time to understand and add some documentation to GDL. 
There are still some work needed but I have a rough understanding of it now.

I still think this library is quite nice so I don't plan major changes 
but I think some cleanings will be useful like:

* Use GtkOrientation interface when possible

* Remove GdlDockObject macros and replace them with access functions

* Remove public member as far as possible, replacing them with function 
when needed.

* Change some functions normally used only inside GDL.

* Make API easier to use for introspection.


What do you think about this? Do you think that some points are more 
important. Do you see other things more important for GDL?


What do we do with the compatibility?

I think we can keep at least all functions normally used by other 
programs. But there are quite a lots of functions probably used only in 
GDL but which are still public. I think that changing them is a break of 
the API anyway. So perhaps it doesn't make sense to make a difference 
between these functions.

There is a similar issue for structures which have several public 
members. I think it would be better to remove them but perhaps it's 
better to keep them and provide access functions.


Regards,

Sébastien