Relationship between Glib and Gobject

[Ian Turner <ian zmanda com>]

Hello all,

Yesterday I started reading the GLib documentation in-depth, and I was 
startled to find that the GLib core does not depend on the GObject system. So 
the string library, for example, is not reference-counted.

Furthermore, it appears that while the GLib type system (that is, the gobject 
library) provides an encapsulation method (GBoxed), it does not provide any 
kind of smart-pointer functionality. You can use a GBoxed string, or you can 
put a string in a GValue, but only GObjects have reference counts.

So,
1) Please let me know if any of the foregoing is incorrect or misled.
2) Is there any (easy) way to fudge a smart-pointer in GLib?

Thanks,

--Ian
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