Reference counting

[Alwin Leerling <leerling xtra co nz>]

Hi,

I'm slightly overwhelmed as to the whole reference counting issue. Could 
someone explain the though process or logic behind the reference 
counting or direct me to some information where I can find the correct 
use. For example, in my code I set up my combo boxes on startup using 
gtk_list_store_newv and gtk_combo_box_set_model. (Do I need to unref the 
list_store pointer at this stage?) At a later stage I am ready to put 
some data in the combo box, so I get the store (with 
gtk_combo_box_get_model) and add some entries to the sore. Do I need to 
unref the aquired pointer? To make matters more confusing, I also have a 
couple of combo's with filters. I wrote a little stub to acquire the store:

GtkTreeModel * gtk_combo_get_filter_model( GktComboBox * combo )
{
    return gtk_tree_model_filter_get_model( GTK_TREE_MODEL_FILTER( 
gtk_combo_box_get_model( combo ) ) );
}

Do I leak a reference here?

I hope this explains the gaps in my understanding/knowledge. Any 
feedback is greatly appreciated.


Alwin

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