Re: [introspection] GArrays, GPtrArrays, etc

[Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu sugarlabs org>]

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 01:59, Iain Nicol <iain thenicols net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It seems there is no GI_TYPE_TAG_ for GArrays, GPtrArrays or GByteArrays.
> Well, there is GI_TYPE_TAG_ARRAY and associated annotation "(array)", but
> this is for plain C arrays.  I presume it doesn't e.g. make sense to
> overload GI_TYPE_TAG_ARRAY for GArrays too, because GArrays behave
> differently than plain C arrays.

I think GArrays are less different than what you say, from the
bindings POV. Here is how PyGI wraps a C array inside a GArray, helped
by the introspection data in order to get its length and its elements
size:

http://git.gnome.org/cgit/pygi/tree/gi/pygi-argument.c#n598

Regards,

Tomeu

> I would have thought that these containers should be given their own tag
> type so they can be properly handled by language bindings like Seed.  G(S)
> Lists and GHashTables all have their own tag types.
>
> So, is this a missing feature?  Or do I misunderstand the situation?
>
> Regards,
> --
> Iain Nicol
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