Re: GObject - problem, as usual

[David Nečas (Yeti) <yeti physics muni cz>]

On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 12:10:15PM +0200, Tomasz Jankowski wrote:
> I'm writing some application based on GObject and I have problem when I'm
> trying to destroy object. I have two object A and B, A derives from GObject
> and B derives from A. I declared my own finalize methods for both objects,
> but when I'm destroying B object only B finalize function is executed.

And it has to call A's finalize:

    G_OBJECT_CLASS(B_parent_class)->finalize(object);

and A's finalize has to call finalize() of its parent:

    G_OBJECT_CLASS(A_parent_class)->finalize(object);

etc.

> Why B finalize method overrides A finalize method

Because that's how method overriding works.

Yeti


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