On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 16:55 +0200, Aarto Matti wrote: > Hello, > > > Why Glib::RefPtr<T> is used in Clutter for smart-pointer management > everywhere and Gtkmm doesn't bother about that much? > > > We can create a button object with Gtk::Button *button = > new Gtk::Button();
Clutter uses simple reference-counting for actors, I think. GTK+ doesn't use simple reference-counting for widgets. Widgets are typically owned by a container, and in gtkmm we also allow you to delete it whenever you want. > But we have to struggle in Clutter with that mess: > Glib::RefPtr<Clutter::Actor> actor = new Clutter::Actor::create(); I don't like it much either, really. I like that the use of the smartpointer makes the memory management obvious. I would like to make such lines shorter somehow, while still keeping them clear. It's something to explore for gtkmm 3. > and not do like this: > Clutter::Actor* actor = new Clutter::Actor(); Then you'd have to do manual reference/unreference like they do in C. -- [email protected] www.murrayc.com www.openismus.com _______________________________________________ gtkmm-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtkmm-list
