Re: Glade and gtk_object_set_data_full

[Damon Chaplin <damon helixcode com>]

Ron Martin wrote:
> 
> Hi there.
> 
> I have noticed that in interface.c, Glade will do a
> gtk_object_set_data_full() on all the widgets to the parent widget.  I
> was wondering why.  I was under the impression that a widget will delete
> its children when it is told to delete itself.  Perhaps there is another
> reason to use gtk_object_set_data_full()?

It is just to make sure that when calling lookup_widget() you never
get an invalid pointer. If we didn't ref the widgets pointed to and they
were destroyed somewhere this could happen.

Damon