Re: changes to Glib::Object

["muppet" <scott asofyet org>]

muppet said:
> - IMPORTANT: $object->set_data and get_data now store ONLY integer or string
>   data, not perl scalars!  in the next release these functions will emit
> warnings when you use them, to make sure you check your code.
>   the replacement for this functionality is to store your data directly in
> the hash.  consider GObject data a way to communicate with C functions,
> not other perl functions.

corrections:

set_data and get_data are safe for unsigned integers, only.  yeah, you can
supply a GDestroyNotify function to set_data to avoid a leak, but how do you
know on the other end whether you've retrieved a string or a number?  you
can't.  only safe for integers.

and, actually, they will croak with a helpful message when you pass something
that is either a reference nor not a number.

-- 
muppet <scott at asofyet dot org>