Re: GObject-Introspection 0.5.0

[Paolo Bonzini <bonzini gnu org>]

>> I'm leaning towards using the "ownership" terminology instead of "transfer". 
>> typedef enum {
>>    GI_OWNERSHIP_CALLER, /* caller owns it, caller should free it after use */
>>    GI_OWNERSHIP_CALLEE  /* callee owns it, caller should leave it as it is */
>> } GITypeOwnership;
> 
> Just as a nitpick, these two names look very similar and quite confusing
> for non-native English speakers.  Maybe you could come up with something
> different, especially in place of 'callee'?

It's actually commonly-used terminology, e.g. "caller-save registers"
vs. "callee-save registers" in compilers.

Paolo