Re: what are gtk-critical errors?

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Sun, 2004-02-15 at 23:45, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> > i often see errors that look like:
> > 
> >   Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkpixmap.c: line 97 (gtk_pixmap_new): assertion
> >   `val != NULL' failed.
> >
> > at this point, i realize they're harmless.  but i'm still curious about
> > what causes them.  what's the usual cause for errors like this?
> 
> No, they're not harmless. There's a bug in your code, and GTK+ is just graceful 
> by hinting you about it. It even tells you what went wrong: One of the parameters
> given to gtk_pixmap_new() was NULL, which isn't allowed.

Also, running your program with the --g-fatal-warnings option when
debugging will help you to find the problem.

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