Re: Using Gtk macros

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 at 16:57, Mike Martin via gtk-perl-list <gtk-perl-list gnome org> wrote:

How do I use Gtk macros in perl-gtk?

eg in c

GTK_IS_CONTAINER(widget)

What is the corresponding method in perl-gtk

I assume you're talking about Gtk3.

Macros are not introspected unless they evaluate to simple scalar values. The "IS" type checking macros are replaces by normal Perl type checking operations:

```

use v5.22;

use Gtk3 '-init';

my $x = Gtk3::Button->new_with_label('foo');

say "The type of x is: ", ref($x);

```

will print out:

```

The type of x is: Gtk3::Button

```

If you want to check if an instance is of a certain type, you can use UNIVERSAL::isa:

```

use v5.22;
use Gtk3 '-init';
 
my $x = Gtk3::Button->new_with_label('Foo');

say "x is a button" if $x->isa('Gtk3::Button');
say "x is a container" if $x->isa('Gtk3::Container');
say "x is a widget" if $x->isa('Gtk3::Widget');
say "x is a window" if $x->isa('Gtk3::Window');

```

will print out:

```

x is a button
x is a container
x is a widget

```

Hope this helps.

Ciao,

 Emmanuele.

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