Re: best way to pass data around

[Andreas Stricker <andreas stricker fela ch>]

> typedef struct Data_To_Be_Sent {
>         GtkWidget *scrolled_window_data_to_be_sent;
>         GtkTextBuffer *buffer;
>         GtkWidget *view_data_to_be_sent;
>         int sockfd;
> } Data_To_Be_Sent;
>
> My question is, is there a better way to do this? Is using a typedef 
> struct a good idea? my grasp of C isn't so great. not that I don't know 
> syntax it's just how to use that syntax sometimes and writing GTK really 
> stretches the limits... I want to learn the best practices of course. :) 
> any comments are welcome.

This is a good idea. Alternative you can define your own GObject.
But for this simple structure this is too much.

Tip: For debugging purpose I add an integer member "magic" with a
constant but random number assigned at initialization time. Every
time you cast the gpointer argument you test with a g_assertion for
this value. This is similar to the cast checks when using GObjects.

Cheers

Andy