Re: [gtk-list] Re: $64k questons

[Havoc Pennington <rhp zirx pair com>]

On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, pavel wrote:
> 
> I think I've figured out the answer to the first one: 
> 	event->button.state & GDK_SHIFT_MASK
> Right?....
>

Yep.

> > Just curious, how come Gtk relies on passing strings like "destroy"
> > instead of macros like GTK_DESTROY?
> > 

Strings are easier to type and less headache for GtkObject authors to
maintain. Also they don't clutter the C namespace. Typing a string
incorrectly will trigger a runtime error so macros don't get you any
better error checking. Strings are internally converted to a numeric ID so
there is no loss in efficiency.

Havoc