RE: [gtk-list] Object args and all that stuff...

["Damon Chaplin" <DAChaplin email msn com>]

> Whilst inching forward yesterday (still making glacial progress on my
> RScheme bindings for gtk+) I came across the object args stuff. This
> looks really great, seems it could make binding to dynamic languages
> *very* convenient. However, there didn't seem to be many widgets that
> actuallt take advantage of it (GtkWidget, GtkObject, GtkButton, others
> ???) and the tutorial said that it was pretty much an unimplemented
> facility.
> 
> So, my question is, is it a case of it just not being done yet, or is it
> deprecated (because someone has had a better idea) and just hasn't been
> excised yet? Is there more of it in 1.1? If it's around to stay, then I
> think I'll refocus my efforts on using it instead of using gtk.defs to
> build bindings for individual functions. Any comments/advice on the
> state/usability/future directions of this object args stuff would be
> welcomed. Thanks.

It's being done by Tim Janik, and I hope it will be ready before 1.1/1.2
is released. (I want to eventually use it for the Glade UI builder,
so that Glade will be able to dynamically load widget libraries).

By the way, I've got CVS access now, so I'm willing to help get this
done. (Didn't someone send a patch ages ago which added Arg support for
a lot of widgets?)

Damon