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| author | Philip Withnall <philip.withnall@collabora.co.uk> | 2014-06-23 09:35:02 +0100 |
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| committer | Philip Withnall <philip.withnall@collabora.co.uk> | 2014-06-23 09:36:01 +0100 |
| commit | 3aeb5f0a98b2913b9e96e09028ad4942d8dac715 (patch) | |
| tree | ddcffe1b9df6712c78b8231f7bf003b24013fda7 | |
| parent | ed3aa4a67b88c7cd1374571f716d661bc4209158 (diff) | |
| download | gobject-introspection-3aeb5f0a98b2913b9e96e09028ad4942d8dac715.tar.gz | |
gibaseinfo: Expand g_base_info_iterate_attributes() documentation
Clarify what an attribute is, in response to a question on
gir-devel-list.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=732078
| -rw-r--r-- | girepository/gibaseinfo.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/girepository/gibaseinfo.c b/girepository/gibaseinfo.c index 4bbe850a..25c98b0e 100644 --- a/girepository/gibaseinfo.c +++ b/girepository/gibaseinfo.c @@ -562,7 +562,10 @@ _attribute_blob_find_first (GIBaseInfo *info, * * Iterate over all attributes associated with this node. The iterator * structure is typically stack allocated, and must have its first - * member initialized to %NULL. + * member initialized to %NULL. Attributes are arbitrary namespaced key–value + * pairs which can be attached to almost any item. They are intended for use + * by software higher in the toolchain than bindings, and are distinct from + * normal GIR annotations. * * Both the @name and @value should be treated as constants * and must not be freed. |