Re: missing prototype for pango_context_new?

[Bjarne Steinsbø <bosteins broadpark no>]

muppet wrote:

> Bjarne Steinsbø quoted:
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> > This function is only useful when implementing a new backend for Pango,
> > something applications won't do. You should use the context creation
> > function for the backend you are using, for example,
> >    
>
> i take it this means we actually should not provide Gtk2::Pango::Context->new ?
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>  
You tell me!  I'm definitely not an expert on this, I just found a 
relevant piece of information.  I had never heard of a pango context 
until I spent a few minutes trying to trace this one down.

In the include-file for pango-context.h, the C-function is protected by 
PANGO_ENABLE_BACKEND, so even from C you would have to define yourself 
to be a backend-developer to see the prototype.

I would believe that the correct thing would be to just drop it, but I 
have not looked into to what degree this function is used within 
gtk2-perl, and I haven't even checked if the listed alternatives are 
mapped to perl (but I assume they are).

Bjarne

BTW:  There are also some warnings in the new stuff for the entry signal:

GtkEditable.xs: In function `gtk2perl_editable_insert_text_marshal':
GtkEditable.xs:120: warning: passing arg 1 of `g_value_set_string' 
discards qualifiers from pointer target type
GtkEditable.xs:121: warning: passing arg 1 of `g_value_set_int' discards 
qualifiers from pointer target type
GtkEditable.xs:129: warning: passing arg 1 of `g_value_set_string' 
discards qualifiers from pointer target type
GtkEditable.xs:130: warning: passing arg 1 of `g_value_set_int' discards 
qualifiers from pointer target type

It doesn't look serious to me, but then I happily ignored the 
pango_context_new warning also, until Marc brough it up....