Re: [Vala] memory management with structs (OT a bit)

[Jonas Kulla <nyocurio gmail com>]

2013/5/18 Donn <donn ingle gmail com>

> On 18/05/2013 12:15, Luca Bruno wrote:
>
> > You can use classes that don't inherit from GObject, which are lighter.
> Are such classes the [Compact] classes, or is any class that does not
> specify a parent class automatically a "light" class?
Hi,

no, compact classes are even simpler than non-Gobject classes. The latter
still have reference count and can be extended,
whereas compact classes are mostly "classified" structs without ref count
which also cannot be extended in subclasses.