ref_count

[Deborah Swayne <dfs research att com>]

Is it appropriate to look at a gobject's ref_count, or is
that supposed to be private?  I've been keeping track of its
value whenever I deliberately increment or decrement it, but the
code makes it look as though I'm doing something improper -- and
likely to be disabled.  Is there some equivalent of a
g_object_get_ref_count function that I just haven't spotted?

Debby