[gtksourceview/wip/chergert/gsv-gtk4: 112/175] doc: update HACKING for ownership transfer
- From: Christian Hergert <chergert src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gtksourceview/wip/chergert/gsv-gtk4: 112/175] doc: update HACKING for ownership transfer
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 19:52:41 +0000 (UTC)
commit 7c19749ca488d3d1d7bd5a7ee1b81bdb295a0cc2
Author: Christian Hergert <chergert redhat com>
Date: Fri Jan 17 13:40:05 2020 -0800
doc: update HACKING for ownership transfer
HACKING | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
---
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 237793de..f499c922 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ Here are some general advices:
validate invariants. These are used in debug builds but can be compiled
out of production/release builds.
+ - When transfering ownership of an object or struct, use g_steal_pointer()
+ to make it clear when reading that ownership was transfered.
+
See also:
https://blogs.gnome.org/swilmet/2012/08/01/about-code-quality-and-maintainability/
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