Re: [Vala] TreePath from TreeView.get_cursor() never freed?

[Yu Feng <rainwoodman gmail com>]

On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 09:39 -0700, Geert Jan wrote:
> Using a strong TreePath gives an error during compilation:
>
> "error: duplicating TreePath instance, use weak variable or explicitly invoke copy method"

Really? Which line is the error on?
treeview.get_cursor (out path, out focus_column);


> --- On Sun, 10/5/08, Yu Feng <rainwoodman gmail com> wrote:
>
> > From: Yu Feng <rainwoodman gmail com>
> > Subject: Re: [Vala] TreePath from TreeView.get_cursor() never freed?
> > To: gj_alsem yahoo com
> > Cc: vala-list gnome org
> > Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 5:43 PM
> > On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 06:00 -0700, Geert Jan wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > This doesn't seem right to me. When in Vala I
> > write:
> > >   weak TreePath path;
> > What about make it strong?
> > TreePath path;
> >
> > >   weak TreeViewColumn focus_column;
> > >   treeview.get_cursor (out path, out focus_column);
> > >
> > > ...it generates the following C code:
> > >
> > >   GtkTreePath* path;
> > >   GtkTreeViewColumn* focus_column;
> > >   path = NULL;
> > >   focus_column = NULL;
> > >   gtk_tree_view_get_cursor (GTK_TREE_VIEW (treeview),
> > &path, &focus_column);
> > > The GtkTreePath* path in the C code is never freed,
> > even though the GTK documentation on
> > gtk_tree_view_get_cursor() clearly states: "The
> > returned GtkTreePath must be freed with gtk_tree_path_free()
> > when you are done with it."
> > > Am I missing something or is this a bug in Vala?
>
>
>
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