[gtk-list] Why strings? (was Re: GTK problem)

[tiggr gerbil org (Pieter Schoenmakers)]

   From: Owen Taylor <owt1@cornell.edu>
   Date: 07 Apr 1998 17:15:51 -0400

   Strings are used largely because of flexibility. If constants were
   used, then it would be a big chore to make sure that every signal
   in every widget got a unique constant. 

This is even more true for GdkSelectionType (and GDK_SELECTION property).
Selection types should be strings too (or I am either clueless or spoiled
by nextstep pasteboard handling or both).  --Tiggr