[glib] Document that types are limited to 64 KiB

[Matthias Clasen <matthiasc src gnome org>]

commit 5dcc502f914db3b57599e6740345b46292a979a4
Author: Simon McVittie <simon mcvittie collabora co uk>
Date:   Tue Oct 4 10:14:35 2011 +0100

    Document that types are limited to 64 KiB
    
    Bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659916
    Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <simon mcvittie collabora co uk>

 gobject/gtype.c |    9 ++++++++-
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gobject/gtype.c b/gobject/gtype.c
index 748bd9b..3d79f7b 100644
--- a/gobject/gtype.c
+++ b/gobject/gtype.c
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@
  * structure and a #GTypeFundamentalInfo structure but it is seldom used
  * since most fundamental types are predefined rather than user-defined.
  *
+ * Type instance and class structs are limited to a total of 64 KiB,
+ * including all parent types. Similarly, type instances' private data
+ * (as created by g_type_class_add_private()) are limited to a total of
+ * 64 KiB. If a type instance needs a large static buffer, allocate it
+ * separately (typically by using #GArray or #GPtrArray) and put a pointer
+ * to the buffer in the structure.
+ *
  * A final word about type names.
  * Such an identifier needs to be at least three characters long. There is no
  * upper length limit. The first character needs to be a letter (a-z or A-Z)
@@ -4392,7 +4399,7 @@ g_type_init (void)
  * structures.
  *
  * Note that the accumulated size of the private structures of
- * a type and all its parent types cannot excced 64kB.
+ * a type and all its parent types cannot excced 64 KiB.
  *
  * This function should be called in the type's class_init() function.
  * The private structure can be retrieved using the