Re: Wrapping gboolean list[] for Glib::KeyFile

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 20:54 +0000, rob page wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm currently writing a wrapper for Glib::KeyFile, as per this bug:
> 
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330535
> 
> It is mostly done, but on trying to wrap get_boolean_list, i'm
> required to wrap a variable of type gboolean [].  I can convert this
> to a Glib::ArrayHandle<gboolean> with
> Glib::ArrayHandle<gboolean>(bool_list, length_of_list,
> Glib::OWNERSHIP_DEEP), however it seems most other glibmm/gtkmm stuff
> uses bool instead of gboolean (possibly due to gboolean just being a
> typedef'ed gint and so wastes resources?).
> 
> Anyway, I was just wondering what the *correct* way to wrap this was?

Yes, please use bool, and never use gboolean in public API. Is there an
actual problem with the conversion in this case?

> Also, I'm probably going to have to convert the other way too, ie:
> from Glib::ArrayHandle<bool> to gboolean* ...and I presume I'll have a
> similar problem when I do that. So help with either of these would be
> appreciated.

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