On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 01:43 -0700, Joe Van Dyk wrote: > On 6/24/06, Joe Van Dyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 6/7/06, Joe Van Dyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 6/6/06, Paul Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 17:40 -0700, Joe Van Dyk wrote: > > > > > I wonder why the documentation says a Gtk::Main object can't be > > > > > created in the global scope. Apparently, that's what I want to do, as > > > > > I can't put it inside main(). > > > > > > > > GTK and gtkmm require library initialization before any objects related > > > > to them can be created. by attempting to put Gtk::Main in global scope > > > > you are effectively asking for this order to be reversed. > > > > > > If I have Gtk::Main outside of any classes or functions (global scope, > > > right?), what "related" objects would be created before Gtk::Main was > > > called? > > Anyone? I'm confused why having the call to Gtk::Main at file scope is bad.
a) it requires argc & argv to allow the user to pass in various GTK- level options b) you have essentially zero control over the ordering of it being called relative to other globals. c) putting things at file scope has been deprecated for, oh, about 20 years now. its just not something you do unless there is a very very good reason to do so, and certainly not in an ostensibly object oriented programming language. --p _______________________________________________ gtkmm-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtkmm-list
