Re: GtkBuilder Public API - Last call

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Johan Dahlin wrote:

> Johan Dahlin wrote:
> > Christian Persch wrote:
> > > Hi;
> > >
> > > > typedef void (*GtkBuilderConnectFunc) (GtkBuilder  *builder,
> > > >                                        const gchar *handler_name,
> > > >                                        GObject     *object,
> > > >                                        const gchar *signal_name,
> > > >                                        GObject     *connect_object,
> > > >                                        gboolean     after,
> > > >                                        gpointer     user_data);
> > > Could we have "GConnectFlags flags" instead of "gboolean after" here, so
> > > this could also support swapped handlers in future?
> >
> > This was copied more or less directly from libglade, there's a certain
> > advantage of making this compatible with the existing code.
>
> Well, actually swapped handlers are supported, using the object attribute, eg:
>
>  <object class="GtkButton" id="button"/>
>  <object class="GtkEntry" id="entry">
>    <signal name="activate" handler="button_clicked" object="button"/>
>  </object>
>
> > It definitely makes sense to support GConnectFlags though.
>
> I thought there were other flags apart from after and swapped, so this is
> not true, right?

there could conceivably be new flags in the future. also,
"object" is different from "swapped". the former should use
g_signal_connect_object which needs a GObject argument and
auto-disconnects the signal handler if the object argument
is disposed. the later also works for void* pointers.

> Johan

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