Re: gdk_pixbuf_new_from_data... It works, but...

[Tristan Van Berkom <vantr touchtunes com>]

Brian Clark wrote:
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> It works, but Is this the best way to do it?  If I understand it right, 
> I'm allocating memory each time I call this.  It seems like I'm going to 
> get piles of discarded pixbufs clogging up my memory.  It's also got to 
> be slower than just reusing the allocated memory.  But I can't find a 
> call to just replace the data in a pixbuf with data from an array... 
> something like a "gdk_pixbuf_replace_with_data" call.

    To free a GdkPixbuf, do `g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(pixbuf));'
(this is the valid way of freeing/destroying/"finalizing" any
object that is a derivitive of the GObject).

In contrast with the amount of memory free'd/allocated per "reload"
I'd say that the GdkPixbuf object is negligable (in the sence that
you might as well instantiate a new GdkPixbuf along with your new image).

As for `gdk_pixbuf_replace_with_data()', you can use `gdk_pixbuf_copy_area()'
if your source is another GdkPixbuf.

Why would you want to have a bunch of pointers to raw pixel data lying around
anyway ?

Cheers,
                      -Tristan