Re: newbie question about g_object unref()

[Leandro Pereira <leandro hardinfo org>]

Nader Morshed,

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Nader Morshed <morshed nader gmail com> wrote:
> #define G_OBJECT_UNREF_AND_NULLIFY(ptr) { \
> Â Â Â Âg_object_unref(ptr); \
> Â Â Â Â(ptr) = NULL; \
> }

Not a good idea: the object may still hold a reference, and nullifying
the pointer would probably nullify the only way to access the object.

Cheers,
    Leandro