Re: Ideas for new API

[Damon Chaplin <damon karuna eclipse co uk>]

On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 09:08 +0100, Ed Griffiths wrote:
> Hi Damon,
> 
> 
> > I'd like to keep the XXX_new() functions, as they are handy in C and
> > much faster than using GObject properties. I just wondered if there is a
> > slight variation that is better for bindings.
> 
> I'd like to support the idea of keeping performance good, we have an application 
> that creates thousands of objects so speed is vital.

The new code is about 1/3 faster at present. It can create and display a
canvas with 1 million rects in about 3 seconds, which is not too bad.

Damon