RE: utility of GtkTextIter ?

[martyn 2 russell bt com]

> Iterators are used to mark a position in a datastructure (in this case a
> null terminated string).  They provide an interface for accessing data
> and walking data in a liniar fashion (Iterating over a data structure).

Well... I would have said that that is what a GtkTextMark does.  A
GtkTextIter in my mind is an object which provides the means to move about
the text.

Regards,
Martyn