[glib: 1/2] docs: Mention GInitiallyUnowned when introducing refcounts
- From: Sebastian Dröge <sdroege src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [glib: 1/2] docs: Mention GInitiallyUnowned when introducing refcounts
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 20:48:43 +0000 (UTC)
commit e7f9ae61dcf69c0befdaf9e21d27e366941610b7
Author: Philip Withnall <pwithnall endlessos org>
Date: Fri Dec 11 13:15:34 2020 +0000
docs: Mention GInitiallyUnowned when introducing refcounts
For completeness.
Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <pwithnall endlessos org>
Fixes: #1568
docs/reference/gobject/tut_gobject.xml | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/docs/reference/gobject/tut_gobject.xml b/docs/reference/gobject/tut_gobject.xml
index d1cb41f71..0423a38a3 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gobject/tut_gobject.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/gobject/tut_gobject.xml
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ ViewerFile *file = g_object_new (VIEWER_TYPE_FILE, NULL);
<para>
The reference count is initialized to one by
<function><link linkend="g-object-new">g_object_new</link></function> which means that the caller
- is currently the sole owner of the newly-created reference.
+ is currently the sole owner of the newly-created reference. (If the object is derived from <link
linkend="GInitiallyUnowned"><type>GInitiallyUnowned</type></link>, this reference count is <link
linkend="floating-ref">floating</link>.)
When the reference count reaches zero, that is,
when <function><link linkend="g-object-unref">g_object_unref</link></function> is called by the last
client holding
a reference to the object, the <emphasis>dispose</emphasis> and the
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