Re: Segfault and cheep mend of gtk_combo_box_get_active_text

[Olivier Ramare <Olivier Ramare math univ-lille1 fr>]

Bien le bonjour,
Guten Tag,
and good morning to all others ! (Oh : chao also !)

> > void selecter(GtkComboBox *combo)
> > {
> >     gchar *name;
> >
> >     if ((name = gtk_combo_box_get_active_text
> >                  (GTK_COMBO_BOX(my_combo_box))) == NULL){
> >         printf("What are we doing in here ???");
> >     } else {
> >        printf("Ok %s \n", name);};
> > }
>
> The point is here, that my_combo_box COULD not be initialized.
> In my programs  I had several problems with that behavior and I solved
> this by using the widget that is declared in the function call. In your
> example it is combo. So the code looks like:
>
> void selecter(GtkComboBox *combo)
> {
>      gchar *name;
>
>      if ((name = gtk_combo_box_get_active_text
>                   (combo)) == NULL){
>          printf("What are we doing in here ???");
>      } else {
>         printf("Ok %s \n", name);};
> }

Well I tried both in my very hackish programming way :-)
and both crashed. The signal you sent was "changed", yes ?
Best,
Amities,
         Olivier
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