Re: [RFC] Changing the bindings for gnome_popup_menu_append

[Ross McFarland <rwmcfa1 neces com>]

On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 22:24, Torsten Schoenfeld wrote:
> Aloha,
>
> as you probably have noticed, Pascal Giard brought up a nasty issue that
> pops up if you use Gtk2 in conjunction with Gnome2 and try to call
> $menu->append -- $menu being either a Gtk2::Menu or a Gtk2::MenuShell.
>
> Since it works on a Gtk2::MenuShell and since I didn't know that
> Gtk2::MenuShell::append exists, gnome_popup_menu_append was bound as
> Gtk2::Menu::append.  Those two obviously collide.
>
> So, without further ado, I hereby propose that the binding for
> gnome_popup_menu_append be changed to
>
>   Gnome2::PopupMenu::append($menu, $ui_info).
>
> Code that uses $menu->append($ui_info) and expects to get
> gnome_popup_menu_append would have to be changed.  I know that this is a
> drastic step but I see no feasible alternative.
>
> If you have good arguments that have not been considered or if you can
> come up with a better way to handle this issue, please speak up now. 
> There is an API freeze coming on Monday and the problem has to be solved
> by then.

what was the implemented solution the last time an issue like this was
found? didn't you change the bound name to like xxx_insert or something.
if that's the case then perhaps something similar will work/be best in
this situation. just a thought, i have no real objections to whatever
the solution is so long as it's documented.

-rm