Re: gtk_widget_get_allocation

[Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de>]

Cody Russell wrote:
> > >      * gtk_widget_get_allocation
> > >        Removed in 2.14.1
> > The prototype of this function was not agreed upon among the core
> > developers. So the decision was deferred to the next Gtk version.
> > It had to be removed before final API freeze, otherwise it could not
> > have been changed anymore.
>
> This is rather old, but it never came up again after this so I'd like to
> see what thoughts are about how to implement this in C.  It was in 2.13
> but removed before 2.14 because of disagreement, but I can't find any
> public record of the disagreement in gtk-devel-list.  Can anyone comment
> on what was not liked, or how a better implementation could be made?

Here's the old discussion: <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=548052>.