Re: [Vala] Blitzen: A Vala Application Server

[Samuel CUELLA <samuel cuella supinfo com>]

Hi,

> I have noticed that widgets in Stk are using different reference counting rules
> than Gtk. So you have to explicitly define the variables as class fields, else
> all widgets gets destroyed.
Vala compiler always generate a g_object_unref() call just after widget
creation. That's why objects are destroyed. This problem doesn't arise when
using the plain C API. This is a known problem. It will be fixed, but I can't
tell you when.


> Another thing i have noticed is that you use 'void*' as return value for many
> methods and signals in your API, i think type and owning rules must be 
> enforced, so code gets simpler and you dont have to manually work with
> pointers.

The version number is 0.0.8. It means that the API will be breaked again and
again before stabilization. Of course you're right. Defining a common scheme and
rules as well as a reference counting policy is an objective on the roadmap to
0.1.0.

Cheers,
Samuel