Re: gtk2-perl / a script to help converting basic functions

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:

> i'm not sure we understand each other.
okay, let's do a sanity check:

perl by convention auto-destroys things when the last reference to the 
perl object goes away.  you're proposing to make perl auto destroy 
windows (but not regular widgets, i believe), when the perl var pointing 
to them goes away.

my grievance is that this behavior will violate the principle of least 
surprise by making the interface for window destruction inconsistent.


i don't mean to beat a dead horse by going on about this, so please 
don't take it the wrong way.  i'm complaining vehemently because i have 
in the past set up for myself a scheme much like what you describe and 
it caused grave problems.


a pool of objects is a good idea, as it lets you always get back the 
same perl object for the same C pointer, thus making widget comparisons 
possible.

it doesn't, however, solve the problem that it is legal and often useful 
to have a window which will destroy itself but for which no pointer to 
it exists outside the function that creates it --- the object pool still 
requires the app programmer to keep a global or at least long-lived 
reference to the window around, increasing the amount of bookkeeping 
required of the programmer.


i think i'm going in circles.  damned head cold.  i'll shut up now.