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List:       gtk-devel
Subject:    Re: [introspection] GArrays, GPtrArrays, etc
From:       Colin Walters <walters () verbum ! org>
Date:       2009-12-09 17:45:17
Message-ID: faa16b610912090945n22588eben71bad34978904574 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Iain Nicol <iain@thenicols.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It seems there is no GI_TYPE_TAG_ for GArrays, GPtrArrays or GByteArrays.
> Well, there is GI_TYPE_TAG_ARRAY and associated annotation "(array)", but
> this is for plain C arrays.  I presume it doesn't e.g. make sense to
> overload GI_TYPE_TAG_ARRAY for GArrays too, because GArrays behave
> differently than plain C arrays.
>
> I would have thought that these containers should be given their own tag
> type so they can be properly handled by language bindings like Seed.  G(S)
> Lists and GHashTables all have their own tag types.

I think it'd make sense to have tag types for these, yes.
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