Hi. > This all seems odd to me because the widget contains the allocation already. > I don't give the address of a GtkWidget to some_widget_new() for it to > fill in the structure. I call some_widget_new() and it returns a pointer > to the widget which contains the allocation... All I need is a pointer to > that allocation. I don't understand the motivation for having to copy the > allocation... You're mixing two completely different things here. GtkWidget is GObject and should not be treated as structure. It is opaque "thing" that should be manipulated through accessors. It will also handle it's memory with almost no intervention from programmer. GtkAllocation on the other hand is simple struct that is completely in the hands of programmer. Also, GtkAllocation is part of the widget's internal structure and returning pointer to it is problematic from two aspects: widget's internal structure cannot be changed in the future without breaking (again) applications; this structure can be directly manipulated by programmer, which can screw internal workings of the widget. Tadej -- Tadej Borovšak tadeboro.blogspot.com tadeboro@xxxxxxxxx tadej.borovsak@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
