Re: Why isn't GAsyncQueue derived from GObject?

["Brian J. Tarricone" <bjt23 cornell edu>]

Phil Lello wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm learning my way around GLib/GObject/GTK+ at the moment, and I've
> written a GtkWidget derived widget that wants a GAsyncQueue as a property.
>
> I can implement that easily enough using g_param_spec_pointer(), however
> it looks like I can't do type-checking, as GAsyncQueue doesn't seem to
> have any type-related functions/macros. Indeed, if it did, I'd use
> g_param_spec_object, with a type of G_TYPE_ASYNC_QUEUE.
>
> Is there a reason that GAsyncQueue doesn't derive from GObject?

Because GAsyncQueue is provided in libglib (or is it libgthread?), which 
does not depend on libgobject.  That is, it's assumed that people might 
have a use for GAsyncQueue but not want to pull in GObject and friends.

> If so, I can easily enough write my own wrapper. If not, I can look into
> writing a patch to change this.

No need to write a wrapper.  You can implement a GBoxed type for 
GAsyncQueue, and use g_param_spec_boxed().  Actually, there might 
already be one in libgobject; I suggest you check there first; if not, 
that's the patch that's more likely to be accepted.

	-brian