Re: Can't add new GTK 2.16 methods to GtkStyle

[Emmanuel Rodriguez <emmanuel rodriguez gmail com>]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Kevin Ryde <user42 zip com au> wrote:
> Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch gmx de> writes:
> > The other method, Gtk2::Style::get_property(), also clashes with
> > Glib::Object. The question is whether this is acceptable in the same
> > way as it is acceptable for Gtk2::TreeModel::get(),
> > ...
> >
> > I think it would make sense to let Gtk2::Style::get()
> > and get_property() be the same method
>
> Actually, letting get_property shadow the GObject method is a bit unlike
> TreeModel.  With the treemodels the get() varies but you can you can
> confidently use get_property() for the object properties in whatever
> generic code might operate on Glib::Object descendants.
>
> How about leaving get_property as the GObject property accessor and give
> the style accessor another name?

But which name? This has to be picked with care because a subsequent
release of GTK could introduce new methods. I was thinking of using
something like get_style_property. This name seems unique enough,
after all what are the odds of seeing gtk_style_get_style_property
land in GTK?


If you don't mind I will wait until we have reached a consensus until
a submit a next patch for this last module.

-- 
Emmanuel Rodriguez