RE: [gtkmm] Can this be done with gtkmm?

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 08:54, Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:
> > > You are using the PangoLayoutLine::length struct field: 
> > > 
> > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.2/pang> o/pango-Layout-Objects.html
> > > #Pango
> > > LayoutLine
> > > 
> > > By default, struct fields are private (you should not use 
> > them) unless 
> > > the documentation says otherwise. If the GTK+ developers 
> > say that this 
> > > field should be accessed directly, then we will wrap it in 
> > gtkmm 2.4.
> > 
> > Actually, the policy is:
> > 
> >  - Object structures are default private
> >  - Other structures are default public
> > 
> > Subject to modification by /*< public >*/ or /*< private >*/ comments.
> > 
> > This is what gtk-doc does, and you can see that length is 
> > documented at:
> >  
> >
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/pango/pango-Layout-Objects.html#Pango
> LayoutLine
> 
> OK, thanks.
> 
> For PangoLayoutLine, should the struct fields only be read directly, or can
> they be set directly as well? It looks like setting them directly might only
> be safe at certain times.

All fields in PangoLayoutLine are read-only. (No general rule here for
non-object structures that I can give. All fields in object structures
are always read-only.)

							Owen