Re: Memory problems with gdk_pixbuf

[Maciej Katafiasz <ml mathrick org>]

Dnia 06-06-2005, pon o godzinie 21:11 -0300, John Coppens napisał:
> The sentence:
>
>      gtk_object_destroy(GTK_OBJECT(img_item));
>
> Does not destroy the pxb item - the ref_count is not changed to 0... I
> scanned over the gnomecanvas.c code, but I cannot find any code for
> unreferencing the pixbuf... But then I'm not a great programmer and not
> faniliar with the gnome insides.

This is correct. Back in GGAD days, it would actually release the
object, however in GObject 2.0 things were changed, and destroy no
longer releases the object, merely calls its destructor. So if you have
any outstanding references, you need to unref them separately for object
to get freed.

Cheers,
Maciej

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Maciej Katafiasz <ml mathrick org>