Hi,

2010/4/11 Luca Bruno <[email protected]>:
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 04:58:06PM -0700, Darren Warner wrote:
>>
>> I'm creating a vapi for libexif (using vala-gen-introspect) which
>> includes a function that returns a structure:
>>
>> typedef struct {ExifLong numerator; ExifLong denominator; }ExifRational;
>> ExifRational  exif_get_rational  (const unsigned char *b,
>> ExifByteOrder order);
>>
>> If I don't alter ExifRational in my .metadata, the C compiler
>> complains about assigning ExifRational to ExifRational * when I try
>> to use the function.
>>
>> If I set ExifRational is_value_type="1", which I believe I should
>> be, valac is generating an additional parameter (a pointer to a
>> temporary ExifRational) when calling exif_get_rational() - of course
>> the compiler complains at this also.
>>
>> This seems like a newbie question, but I've been unable to find any
>> similar examples in the existing bindings, so any help would be
>> appreciated.
>
> I might be wrong but it looks like it's used like a simple type.
> Try adding [SimpleType] to your struct binding, e.g.:
or in the metadata file :

ExifRational is_value_type="1" simple_type="1"

HTH,
Abderrahim
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