Re: Sinkability: usefull in language bindings ? [was: Re: Sinkability considered harmful]

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Jan 4, 2006, at 11:51 PM, Tristan Van Berkom wrote:

> Excuse me but I still dont register, why can you assume that
> a function returning a GtkObject cant return an added reference ?

Such special cases such as that are handled as special cases.  I can  
recall implementing a few, but can't recall which ones off the top of  
my head.

Long story short, lest it get lost:

- there is truth to the assertion that floating can aid language  
bindings.
- nevertheless, i dislike the inconsistency of semantics and would  
rather not have it.


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