Re: gtk2-perl CVS 20021017

[goran kirra net]

Dermot,
thanks a lot for comments and code.

On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 04:22:43AM +0100, Dermot Musgrove wrote:
> 1) If there are any functions eg in src/Gtk2.c update_ui that could be
> recursive perhaps the names should be made different by prefixing
> them with an '_' underscore (rather than what I did by adding a suffix
> of '1') so that Gtk2.pm has sub update_ui that calls _update_ui in the
> src.Gtk2.c file.

yes, your right, fixed in CVS

> 2) The old perl way of connecting signals allowed for multiple items
> of data to be passed as args after the callback arg. I don't know how
> it works but the effect is that the args to the callback can be got by:
>   my ($widget, @data) = @_;
>
> If the callback is for an event, the event structurea is added at the
> end so a signal handler could get the args eg:
>   my ($class, $data1, $data2, $data3, $event) = @_;
>
> depending on how the signal was connected. I am not sure what the best
> answer is - I remember some threads on the gtk-perl list ages ago.
>
> I guess that it might be simplest to insist that all data is passed in
> an anonymous array/hash so that only a ref is passed - which is what
> happens already I guess :)

Good idea,
could you please add an "feature request" to the project page
so the idea is not lost.

> 3) I have written (and attached) a Gtk2::Test module and a script that
> will generate test scripts for each widget mentioned in the gtk2 docs. 
> These scripts can be extended as methods are added. I guess that if you
> want to use them it would be best to add them to the t/ directory after 
> the widgets are added. 

I didn't get the 041-script to run OK on my machine,
the "use Gtk2::Window" bit failed.
I added them to CVS anyway.


/göran