Re: Imlib 1.4 dependency on CVS gtk+

[raster redhat com]

On  5 May, Sebastian Wilhelmi shouted:
->  > 
->  > I had not checked 1.0.1. But if an application uses a GdkWindowPrivate
->  > structure without going through the GDK functions, it may break when
->  > upgrading to 1.0.1... For example if I want to make a copy of a
->  > GdkWindowPrivate returned by a GDK function for my own use, and I malloc a
->  > sizeof(GdkWindowPrivate)...
->  > 
->  
->  I suppose, you shouldn't do it, that why its name contains Private. 
->  
->  Its an "implemenation detail" and as such should't be used by external
->  programs and thus can't break binary compatibility of the library.
->  
->  (yes I know, imlib uses it, despite it is private, but imlib is rather
->  strongly tied to gtk these days.)

it is necessary to use it as there is no hook in the api to do what
imlib needs to do (create a GdkPixmap out of an Pixmap) - thus it needs
to extend into gdk's internals...

->  
->  Bye
->  Sebastian
->  

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