Greetings, LS >>> By the way, is there any way to find out what the reference count of LS >>> an object is? LS > Experimental printf statements to dump ref counter values are good to LS > understand which API function is adding a reference and which takes LS > ownership. G_OBJECT(gtk_widget)->ref_count LS > And a tool that just dumps me which objects are still alive would be LS > very helpfull too. MacOSX and MFC have features like this. Maybe GTK Ls > is really just another toy? GObject Refcount debugger: http://refdbg.sourceforge.net/ Regards, Ankur On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Lothar Scholz <llothar@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Emmanuele, > > Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 3:49:04 PM, you wrote: > > EB> On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 15:39 +0200, Lothar Scholz wrote: > >>> By the way, is there any way to find out what the reference count of >>> an object is? > > EB> you really don't want to know that - because threads and > EB> auto-vivification during dispose cycles might change that value beneath > EB> your seat. > > I just want to catch up with the holes in the documentation. > Experimental printf statements to dump ref counter values are good to > understand which API function is adding a reference and which takes > ownership. The total confusion in GTK about this serious topic > (compared to Cocoa for example) is driving me crazy. > > And a tool that just dumps me which objects are still alive would be > very helpfull too. MacOSX and MFC have features like this. Maybe GTK > is really just another toy? > > > -- > Best regards, > Lothar mailto:llothar@xxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list