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docs: Mention g_clear_object() in the GObject tutorial

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As an alternative to g_object_unref().

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744060
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@ -248,8 +248,14 @@ MamanBar *bar = g_object_new (MAMAN_TYPE_BAR, NULL);
<para>
The functions <function><link linkend="g-object-ref">g_object_ref</link></function>/<function><link linkend="g-object-unref">g_object_unref</link></function> respectively
increase and decrease the reference count.These functions are thread-safe as of GLib 2.8.
The reference count is, unsurprisingly, initialized to one by
increase and decrease the reference count. These functions are
thread-safe.
<function><link linkend="g-clear-object">g_clear_object</link></function>
is a convenience wrapper around <function>g_object_unref</function>
which also clears the pointer passed to it.
</para>
<para>
The reference count is initialized to one by
<function><link linkend="g-object-new">g_object_new</link></function> which means that the caller
is currently the sole owner of the newly-created reference.
When the reference count reaches zero, that is,