Re: .defs Issues From Java-Gnome

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Ariel Rios wrote:

> > 
> > can you tell me what is _not_ reliable about introspection at
> > runtime?
> Not all functions can be implemented (We need to have 
> manual bindings in other cases) 
> 
> The script translator is still not working as it should.
> 
> ALSO IN some cases, header files does not include all the information
> that the script requires to build the *defs file. (Missing struct
> definitions or function protoypes that are not coded in the library)

this is not lack of reliability on the gtk side.
yes, some informations like functiopn names are not introspectible,
and the defs file very well has its place there, just the parts that
_are_ introspectible are most reliably queried from a life type/signal/etc.
system.

> 
> ariel
> 

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ciaoTJ