Re: newbie: doubt on GObject system

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

Tarun Ramakrishna Elankath <tarun webkadai com> writes:

> I am new to Gtk and have been reading up on GObject and GType. What I
> have failed to understand is why is it that the GTypeInfo structure
> fails to provide a field for instance finalizer functions ? We have
> fields for specifying class initialization, class finalization, instance
> initialization functions but *not* for instance finalization.
>
> For specifying an instance finalization function, one needs to
> assign it to the finalize member of the GObjectClass in the instance
> init function. And in addition, make sure that this user-defined
> finalization function also calls the finalize function of the parent
> class object.
>
> Is this the only way to do it ? Have I misunderstood something here ?

I think you understood the principles pretty well. Well, most people
assign the finalize method when the class is initialized, not in the
instance initializer.


Sven