Re: [Vala] Getting Vala not to give a GValue pointer to a function?

[Faheem Pervez <trippin1 gmail com>]

Hello,

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Abderrahim Kitouni <a kitouni gmail com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2010/3/12, Faheem Pervez <trippin1 gmail com>:
> > Hiya,
> >
> >  Vala n00b here, so be nice, please.
> Don't be afraid, we're don't eat noobs ;-p

*Relieved sigh* - glad to hear it! :D

> >  The function http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/5.0-final/mafw/mafw-MafwMetadata.html#mafw-metadata-first
> >  returns a GValue when given a a GHashTable and a string. That's all
> >  well and good, except Vala also tries to give it a pointer to a GValue
> >  as the third argument. As you can see, it only takes two arguments.
> >
> >  The relevant part of mafw.vapi looks like:
> >         [CCode (cheader_filename = "libmafw/mafw.h")]
> >         public static unowned GLib.Value metadata_first (GLib.HashTable md,
> >  string key);
> It should return "GLib.Value?" instead.
> Since bindings are automatically generated, sometimes they need to be
> fixed manually.

Worked a treat. Thank you!

Best Regards,
Faheem