On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 10:44:56AM -0500, A. Walton wrote: > You can do something like a mix of 2, 3, and 4: > * GSEAL() bridges the gap between 2.9x.x and 3.0 by making it easier > to port and see where we're missing accessors. > * Widgets are patched during the 3.0 ABI break so their currently > public struct members are moved to GtkFooPrivate. > * g_type_class_add_private() the GtkFooPrivate struct to prevent some > fragmentation. > * Add a GtkFooPrivate* to the object's public struct, populate it > during gtk_foo_init() with > a single G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE() call to speed up access and prevent > duplicate GtkFooPrivate *priv = G_TYPE_INSTANCE_... lines. > + roughly as fast as before, low memory overhead > + code is future-proof and much easier to maintain with proper encapsulation > - accessors are now mandatory, even for subclasses > - code's a bit more ugly (when implementing a widget, 'widget->foo' is > now 'widget->priv->foo'). Ah, that's clever, I didn't thought about `caching' of the private pointer in the object struct, thanks. Yeti _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
