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| author | Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre@mecheye.net> | 2013-01-27 16:06:59 -0500 |
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| committer | Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre@mecheye.net> | 2013-01-28 12:45:01 -0500 |
| commit | 2397521d29ed7af94a847bdcaa943f51c63fff15 (patch) | |
| tree | 70a256a91a47fc9d0cfca32ae23141714be96c47 /docs | |
| parent | 142cc9092765d79bcb84230f467fe06d85c3f537 (diff) | |
| download | gtk+-2397521d29ed7af94a847bdcaa943f51c63fff15.tar.gz | |
migrating-2to3: Add more words about GSEAL_ENABLE issues
As requested by Linus Torvalds, the wording here is a bit terse.
Explain more about how to fix the errors one encounters when using
GSEAL_ENABLE.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=692659
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/reference/gtk/migrating-2to3.xml | 40 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/migrating-2to3.xml b/docs/reference/gtk/migrating-2to3.xml index 64278b1fa0..34f4f92c32 100644 --- a/docs/reference/gtk/migrating-2to3.xml +++ b/docs/reference/gtk/migrating-2to3.xml @@ -119,6 +119,46 @@ make CFLAGS+="-DGSEAL_ENABLE" </programlisting> </para> + <para> + While it may be painful to convert, this helps us keep API and ABI + compatibility when we change internal interfaces. As a quick example, + when adding GSEAL_ENABLE, if you see an error like: + <programlisting> + error: 'GtkToggleButton' has no member named 'active' + </programlisting> + this means that you are accessing the public structure of + GtkToggleButton directly, perhaps with some code like: + <informalexample><programlisting> + static void + on_toggled (GtkToggleButton *button) + { + if (button->active) + frob_active (); + else + frob_inactive (); + } + </programlisting></informalexample> + </para> + <para> + In most cases, this can easily be replaced with the correct accessor + method. The main rule is that if you have code like the above which + accesses the "active" field of a "GtkToggleButton", then the accessor + method becomes "gtk_toggle_button_get_active": + <informalexample><programlisting> + static void + on_toggled (GtkToggleButton *button) + { + if (gtk_toggle_button_get_active (button)) + frob_active (); + else + frob_inactive (); + } + </programlisting></informalexample> + </para> + <para> + In the case of setting field members directly, there's usually + a corresponding setter method. + </para> </section> <section> |