Re: interested in gtk+ project development

[Jaroslav Šmíd <jardasmid gmail com>]

If you are currently learning C, please, learn the difference between 
size_t, int and long - some of glib/GTK devs didn't and because of that 
they use int in places where size_t is more appropriate. For example 
g_application_open() - quite new API and they had to mess it up by using 
(g)int instead of size_t. Or they can do magic and even on system with 
sizeof(size_t) < sizeof(int) they actually can manipulate with objects 
impossible to allocate (although I don't know of such system, but C 
standard doesn't forbid it). On the other hand, on systems with 
sizeof(size_t) > sizeof(int), they limit you. Moreover, they force you 
to do ugly things, such as having to typecast result of sizeof operator 
to int and check boundaries to make sure you got it right and it didn't 
overflow 20 times.

(Sorry, I just had to, it's really annoying when such API appears and 
cannot be fixed because of ABI incompatible change).

On 02/16/2011 05:47 AM, Patrick Noble wrote:
> Hey All,
> My names Patrick Noble, and was hoping for a few pointers... I am interested
> in learning about and helping out in a development project such as Glade or
> GTK+, and was wondering if my experience level makes this pointless. I am
> currently learning through C, and am fairly confident in its main structure
> and common built in functions. I also have experience working with the gooey
> GUI builder of glade, although I have almost no knowledge of GTK+
> programming. Any advice as far as skills I should look into or places I
> could help out?
>
> thanks
> PNoble
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