Re: Using Glib::Object::Introspection to have access to Gtk3

[Thierry Vignaud <thierry vignaud gmail com>]

On 19 August 2014 04:46, Anirvan Sarkar <powers anirvan gmail com> wrote:
> I am trying to port a Gtk2-perl application to Gtk3. I came to know about
> the Glib::Object::Introspection module. Its synopsis at
> https://metacpan.org/pod/Glib::Object::Introspection says that one can do:
>
> use Glib::Object::Introspection;
> Glib::Object::Introspection->setup(basename => 'Gtk', version => '3.0',
> package => 'Gtk3');
>
> to have access to Gtk3 library. So does this mean that it we can replace
>
> use Gtk2;
>
> with this without any problems (except use proper Gtk3 syntax wherever
> required)?

You'd better use the Gtk3 module instead.
You'll get more things properly set up this way (It has overrides for
compatibility or
issues with introspection)