[Vala] Gtk.TextBuffer text/set_text
- From: Geert Jan <gj_alsem yahoo com>
- To: vala-list gnome org
- Subject: [Vala] Gtk.TextBuffer text/set_text
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:33:44 -0700 (PDT)
Gtk.TextBuffer has a property:
public weak string text { set; get; }
This should mean you can either use:
my_text_buffer.text = "foo";
Or:
my_text_buffer.set_text ("foo");
Right? However, the set_text() method in this case is different:
public void set_text (string text, int len)
So, this works:
my_text_buffer.set_text ("foo", 3);
But this doesn't:
my_text_buffer.text = "foo";
The problem is, valac compiles that last line, but gcc gives an error saying gtk_text_buffer_set_text() isn't
getting enough arguments. So I'm guessing this constitutes as a bug in Vala.
BTW, I would have just submitted a bug report on bugzilla, but the whole philosophy behind the { set; get; }
way of working is still a bit unclear to me. Is it meant to be double, as in: you can always use both
"object.x = something" and "object.set_x(something)"? Why wasn't there chosen for one way? Maybe I'm just
fussing too hard over this, but I keep wondering which is the preferred way of the two.
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