Re: [gtkmm] Talk about a major rewrite

[Murray Cumming <murrayc usa net>]

On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 04:02, Paul Davis wrote:
> i stand as a counter-example who can
> find almost nothing to complain about in gtkmm except missing wrappers
> for a few rarely-used things.

Please submit bugs. API freeze is on the way.

> >> >- Gtk+ tries to implement an object model in palin C. Gtkmm wraps around 
> >> >that. This is a mess.
> >> 
> >> agreed. not that much of mess, though.
> >> 
> >
> >again, read the archives to see exactly how much of a mess this has always bee
> >n.
> 
> the implementation is a mess.

I disagree. If you _needed_ to understand how we wrap the GTK+ object
model you would soon figure it out based on our copious and repetitive
comments in the code. This criticism was valid for gtkmm 1.2, but gtkmm2
has been developed very differently. Compare the ChangeLog and NEWS
files for gtkmm 1.2 and gtkmm2 to get an idea.

> >karl whined and bitched about dealing with gtk+ for years.  so did guillaume 
> >(before he left).  so did havoc (before he left). so have i.  so has almost 
> >everyone who's used this toolkit, at one point or another.  

I have submitted several bugs and patches to GTK+, without problems.
They are a smart, helpful, bunch. I have had no problems with the GTK+
people. gtkmm2 wouldn't exists without their work and their guidance.

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Murray Cumming
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