Re: gperl_try_convert_enum() from perl

[Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de>]

On 12.12.2009 23:54, Kevin Ryde wrote:
> I wanted to check if GdkCursorType has the 'blank-cursor' value
> available, new in 2.16 or some such.  Is there a perl-level interface to
> gperl_try_convert_enum()?

I don't think there is.  How would such an interface look like?

> I got the effect I wanted just by using blank-cursor with an eval to
> catch when unavailable, but I thought it might be cleaner to enquire
> what's available.  I know I can do Gtk2::Gdk::CursorType->list_values
> and grep (and in fact I did that for some .t test code), but wondered
> "why can't someone else do it" :-), when gperl_try_convert_enum is there
> ready.

Both approaches seem perfectly fine to me.  And checking for the 
availability of an enum value doesn't strike me as something you would 
want to do so often that it needs a short form.