gtk_widget_set/get_flags() (Re: GTK_FLOATING broken in 2.9?)

[Tim Janik <timj imendio com>]

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Matthias Clasen wrote:

> On 12/13/05, Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com> wrote:
> > > gtkmm 2.8 depends on glib/gtk 2.8, right? then you don't have
> > > g_object_force_floating() there. would it be of any help to you
> > > if glib 2.8 had g_object_force_floating() already (whether function
> > > or not)?
> >
> > Yes, or something in GTK+. Though it would be an act of desparation.
>
>
> One could conceivably modify GTK_OBJECT_SET_FLAGS to do the right thing for
> floating, but
> direct setting/checking of the flag is not fixable.

hmmmmm.

my take on this is that the only way to go this route would be along the
lines of introducing:

void    gtk_widget_set_flags (GtkWidget *widget, guint64 flags);
guint64 gtk_widget_get_flags (GtkWidget *widget);
/* this is reflected by ::notify::flags */

and *deprecating* GTK_OBJECT_SET_FLAGS(), GTK_OBJECT_GET_FLAGS(),
GTK_WIDGET_SET_FLAGS() and GTK_WIDGET_GET_FLAGS() while changing their
implementations to use gtk_widget_*et_flags().

for most flags, modification through GTK_OBJECT_SET_FLAGS() already is wrong
and you should use proeprties instead.

> Matthias

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ciaoTJ