I think you're making way to strong a connection between language syntax and programming paradigms. You're confusing 'what' with 'how'. GObject, on which GTK+ is built provides all the key OOP properties and GTK+ uses them to maximum effect: Abstraction Polymorphism Inheritance Encapsulation C was not designed with object-oriented programming in-mind, so of course the way GObject goes about presenting the above characteristics in a C API may be a little awkward compared to how they are realized in other languages. That does not detract from the fact that GObject/GTK+ provides a 'real' object-oriented environment. It just means it does so in a way with which you might not be comfortable. Seems to me, if you want to stick with a compiled language, you might be better off using C++ and programming GTK+ applications via the gtkmm C++ bindings (http://www.gtkmm.org/). Matt. On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 16:17 -0200, frederico schardong wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: frederico schardong <frede.sch@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2009/12/20 > Subject: Re: GTK+ is real object oriented? > To: David Nečas <yeti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Maybe I had expressed wrong. > > I don't wanna say that GTK+ NOT IS OO, I'm saying that the way that > GTK+ implements the concepts of OO is different. As I say before... > "change a attribute (visibility) of a class (gtkwidget) only can be > changed by a function (gtk_widget_hide() or (gtk_widget_show()) not by > a method". > > Yes, GTK+ has been construct around OO concepts, buts it have all > those concepts that a say before (class, objects, > instance, method, inheritance, abstraction, encapsulation, polymorphism)? > > Because this things a say that's fake (maybe not the correct word). > > 2009/12/20 David Nečas <yeti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 03:40:34PM -0200, frederico schardong wrote: > >> The difference is that not a really object-oriented, is a fake object-oriented. > >> > >> I call it fake object-oriented environment, maybe not the most > >> correctly name, but i think is true. > >> > >> What do you think? > > > > I think you still did not give any definition of what real and fake > > means. At least for you since others will likely disagree whatever the > > definition is. > > > > So again, it is built around OO concepts and behaves like an OO > > environment. How can you tell it is a fake? > > > > Yeti > > > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > Frederico Schardong, > SOLIS - Open source solutions > www.solis.coop.br > Linux registered user #500582 > > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
