Re: [Vala] How to call a gst_object_ref in vala?

["Jaap A. Haitsma" <jaap haitsma org>]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Juerg Billeter <j bitron ch> wrote:
> On Mon, April 28, 2008 12:55, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
>  > I want to use a gst_bin_remove function [1], but I want the Element
>  > that is removes not to be freed. For that I need to call
>  > gst_object_ref before gst_bin_remove (See also [1]). How do I call
>  > gst_object_ref in vala?
>
>  This essentially means that you want to keep a reference to the child
>  element. So just store it in a local variable or field and Vala will
>  increment the reference count automatically. It will currently just call
>  g_object_ref, not gst_object_ref, but that should work fine, we could
>  change that to gst_object_ref for GstObjects.
Thanks, are you also planning on providing a function in vala to
increase ref count. Introducing another variable so you can increase
the refcount is a bit hacky if you ask me.

Jaap