Re: [gtkmm] Drag And Drop Context data

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

>But in the given instance, with the given limitations, I guess then it's =
>not
>so bad to pass object pointers around?
>
>Yes, I understand that should the DnD operation span processes that it =
>would
>probably crash the receiving application, but in this instance, since =
>there
>is only a single program that the user is going to work with, is it a
>really, really bad idea?

i would just make sure that you use your own MIME type for the drag,
and then sure, passing pointers are fine. nothing outside of your app
will understand the MIME type, hopefully, and so will not accept the
drop.

--p