Re: [evolution-patches] Bonobo Ref Counting Patches

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 19:13, JP Rosevear wrote: 
> > > -       g_signal_connect (cal_table->invisible, "destroy",
> > > -                         G_CALLBACK (invisible_destroyed),
> > > cal_table);
> > > +       g_signal_connect_after (cal_table->invisible, "destroy",
> > > +                               G_CALLBACK (invisible_destroyed),
> > > cal_table);
> > 
> > Do these still do anything or are they just remnants of earlier attempts
> > to fix? (Why does it matter if you NULL the variables before or after
> > the object is completely destroyed?)
> 
> I'm not sure - I'm not too clear on how the old invisible clipboard
> stuff worked, perhaps using weak pointer refs is a cleaner idea. 
>
iirc, the "destroy" callback is only used to NULL out the
priv->invisible field. If so, and since it seems the invisible widget is
destroyed in the finalize handler, it could be NULLed out there, right
after being destroyed. Or am I missing something?

cheers