On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 21:21 +0200, Markus Elfring wrote: > > The VariantContainerBase class contains other variants. It can contain > > what is called a maybe type which is one that may be null (see > > Glib::VariantType::create_maybe()[1]). As I said, though, it may not be > > useful for your purposes. > > I find the applicability of a "maybe" still unclear. > Are there any more explanations for this data type available?
The description of the GVariantType has a little more explanation: http://developer.gnome.org/glib/stable/glib-GVariantType.html#glib-GVariantType.description > > Do useful method overloads exist for a safe cooperation with the GUI? I don't understand what you're asking for here. > > > By the way: I would still prefer a template class for nullable types over a > "Variant style" interface. > > Regards, > Markus -- José _______________________________________________ gtkmm-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtkmm-list
