Re: using a GArray as a class property

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 01:39, Will Webekind wrote:
> I'd like to use a GArray as a property of a class, but it doesn't look
> to me like it can be done.  g_param_spec_boxed wants a type derived from
> G_TYPE_BOXED as an argument, but GArray doesn't seem to be registered with
> the type system.  There aren't any examples of GParamSpec's defined with
> g_param_spec_pointer in the GTK library, so I'm not when to use this.  If
> GArrays can be used as properties I'd appreciate it if someone could tell
> me how.

The general idea of a property is that it tells enough about the
property for the property to be used from a GUI builder or language
binding. This explains both:

 - Why we generally don't use 'G_TYPE_POINTER' paramspecs in GTK+
 - Why there is no GArray paramspec. (A GArray of what?)

So, you have a couple of options:

 - Register a boxed type for "array of blah"
 - Use a pointer paramspec; it will work fine if you only
   ever want to use the property from C

Regards,
                                        Owen