Re: Private GObject-derived structs

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

Murray Cumming wrote:

> If a type's struct is private but I know that it is a GObject (for
> instance, PangoContext), can I treat it like a GObject? For instance,
> should I g_object_ref/unref() a PangoContext* from
> gtk_widget_get_context().
Yes you can use g_object_* functions on them, just like any other 
GObject.  Making the structs private is to discourage you from 
subclassing them.  (having the structs private can make header parsing 
tools miss the object though).

James

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