Re: gtk_widget_get_allocation

[Hubert Figuiere <hfiguiere teaser fr>]

On 04/17/2009 09:38 PM, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> void
> gtk_widget_get_allocation (GtkWidget     *widget,
>                             GtkAllocation *allocation)
> {
>      g_return_if_fail (GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget) && allocation);
>
>      memcpy (allocation, &widget->allocation, sizeof(*allocation));
> }
>
> (Could also have it return gboolean, but I tend to think it's
> unnecessary to have a success/fail return value when the only reason it
> would fail is if the programmer is using the function incorrectly.)

I don't think it needs a boolean given the condition. Previously it was 
being accessed by dereferencing the struct field.

So as you say the only it would fail it because it is used incorrectly. 
In that case, it wouldn't crash, unlike before when accessing the struct 
fields.


Hub