Re: [Gimp-developer] Building GIMP master fails because of missing gobject-introspection

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 07/29/2019 09:28 AM, Steve Pricks wrote:
> On 07/29/2019 12:17 AM Elle Stone wrote:
> > I do have a question: Could someone please explain what introspection
> > actually is or does?
>   
> Introspection is a term from computer science.
> Introspection is a way to look at a given program and tell about its functions and data structures. This 
> information is then used to access the program’s functions from another program (even in another programming 
> language) or to create a documentation etc.

Thanks! That's clear!

> As far as I know the GIMP developers use it to access GIMP’s functions from Python plug-ins, but they might 
> tell you more about their intentions themselves.

Best,
Elle