Add glib__private__() API to share between glib,gio; port GWakeup to it

Historically we've added random symbols to the public API with warnings
that they're private; examples are:

glib_gettext(), glib_pgettext()
g_thread_functions_for_glib_use, g_thread_use_default_impl, etc.

And we almost added "GWakeup" to public API just to share between glib and
gio.

This new glib__private__() API exports a hidden vtable, and adds a macro
GLIB_PRIVATE_CALL() that makes it generally convenient to use.

This adds an extremely tiny cost for the double indirection; but it has
the benefit that we don't need to either:

1) compile the code into both glib and gio (like GWakeup), with the
   inefficiency that implies.
2) Export a "do not use this" symbol; the serious problem with this is
   that someone CAN use it pretty easily.  Particularly if we document
   it.  It's far, far harder to peek into a structure without a public
   header file.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=657992
This commit is contained in:
Colin Walters
2011-09-01 14:32:11 -04:00
committed by Ryan Lortie
parent b891b3616f
commit 9bf59d4a14
6 changed files with 104 additions and 9 deletions

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/* GLIB - Library of useful routines for C programming
* Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
* Author: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
*/
#include "gutils.h"
#include "glib-private.h"
/**
* glib__private__:
* @arg: Do not use this argument
*
* Do not call this function; it is used to share private
* API between glib, gobject, and gio.
*/
GLibPrivateVTable *
glib__private__ (void)
{
static GLibPrivateVTable table = {
g_wakeup_new,
g_wakeup_free,
g_wakeup_get_pollfd,
g_wakeup_signal,
g_wakeup_acknowledge
};
return &table;
}