Re: new gtk2-perl

[Jörn Reder <joern zyn de>]

muppet wrote:

> is that because i was too verbose and not clear enough, or because you
> don't know the type system very well? 

The latter - I should have mentioned it. I don't even know the Gtk2 C 
internals very well. I'm a pure Perl hacker and have a lot of experience
with the Perl side of Gtk1, and some with the Perl side of Gtk2 ;)

> pygtk uses a generator to write the vast majority of the methods.  they
> use a defs file to specify the methods to be bound, with "overrides"
> files implementing the functions the stuff that needs special handling,
> such as complicated parameter sets or "own" semantics.
>
> in the case of the style of XS i've tried to set up, the XS definitions
> pretty much *are* the simple defs, and the non-simple stuff is
> implemented right there.

Sounds absolute resonably for me.

> actually, parts of the perl side will change, mostly for the better. 
> mainly, no more will the perl developer be required to call ->free or
> ->unref.

I'll try to get my own apps to work with the new Gtk2 the next days. 
We'll see if there are some bugs to report or not... ;)

Regards,

Joern

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