Re: Overhead of type casting when using GObject system

[Lanoxx <lanoxx gmx net>]

On 09/02/13 13:35, Alberto Garcia wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 10:53:25AM +0100, Lanoxx wrote:
>
> > So if in C if write this:
> > GtkGrid* grid = gtk_grid_new();
> > GtkWidget* widget = GTK_WIDGET(grid);
> >
> > then this creates more overhead then when in Java I write this:
> > JTabel tabel = new JTabel();
> > Object object = tabel; // No cast required.
> gtk_grid_new() actually returns a GtkWidget*, but otherwise you're
> right.
>
> However those cast checks can be disabled at compile time removing the
> overhead, so GTK_WIDGET(foo) would be equivalent to (GtkWidget *) foo.
Ah thats good to know. But still I believe that most applications that 
are shipped with gnome are not compiled that way. So what overhead does 
that actually create.
> Berto
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