Re: [Vala] Problems with ref functions that returns void.

["Alberto Ruiz" <aruiz gnome org>]

2009/1/2 Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>:
> On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 05:03 +0000, Alberto Ruiz wrote:
>
> > > gconf_entry_ref returns nothing; How to handle this? Shall someone file
> > > a bug to GConf to ask them to return the object pointer in
> > > gconf_entry_ref?
> >
> > gconf is pretty much unmaintained, besides, that API is public hence
> > it's not possible to change it's return value
>
> the first part is mostly correct, even though bug fixes are still
> applied.
>
> the second part (API update) is possible, as it would be an
> ABI-compatible change (applications written without using the function
> as a rvalue would still work correctly).

oops, my bad, I didn't know that was allowed, then I don't think the
lack of maintainer counts since the patch would trivial.

> ciao,
>  Emmanuele.
>
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Un saludo,
Alberto Ruiz