The GValueArray type was added in a time, during the Jurassic era or so,
when GArray did not have a representable GType. The GValueArray API has
various issues as well:
- it doesn't match the other GLib array types;
- it is not reference counted;
- the structure is fully exposed on the stack, so it cannot be
extended to add reference counting;
- it cannot be forcibly resized.
The nice thing is that now we have a GArray type that can replace in
full GValueArray, so we can deprecate the latter, and reduce the
complexity in GLib, application code, and bindings.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667228
2003-09-12 Matthias Clasen <maclas@gmx.de>
Make the g_value_set_x_take_ownership() functions "official"
part of the API (#100948):
* gvaluetypes.[hc]: Add g_value_take_string() (synonym to the
now deprecated g_value_set_string_take_ownership()).
* gparam.[hc]: Add g_value_take_param() (synonym to the
now deprecated g_value_set_param_take_ownership()).
* gobject.[hc]: Add g_value_take_object() (synonym to the
now deprecated g_value_set_object_take_ownership()).
* gboxed.[hc]: Add g_value_take_boxed() (synonym to the
now deprecated g_value_set_boxed_take_ownership()).
* gobject/gobject-sections.txt: Add new g_value_take_x() functions.
* gobject/tmpl/param_value_types.sgml: Document new g_value_take_x()
functions. (#100948)
Mon Nov 19 14:35:56 2001 Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com>
* *.h: Improve the detection of invalid includes by moving
the test outside the duplicate include guards.
* gsourceclosure.c (g_source_set_closure): Doc fix.
Wed Nov 21 17:23:33 2001 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* gparamspecs.[hc]: put newly created param spec types into a
global array.
* gboxed.[hc]: moved boxed types with _get_type() function here,
for: G_TYPE_CLOSURE, G_TYPE_VALUE, G_TYPE_VALUE_ARRAY,
G_TYPE_GSTRING.
* gtype.h: removed fundamental branch APIs and derived enum
values.
Sat Nov 17 14:10:35 2001 Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com>
* glib/gbsearcharray.h: Include gtypes.h not gobject/gtype.h
* glib/glib-object.h gobject/*.h: Prevent headers from
being included directly except when compiling GObject.
* gobject/gvaluecollector.h: Include glib-object.h so that
this file can be included directly, since we don't
include it _from_ glib-object.h.
* gobject/gtype.c: Remove struct _GValue hack since we
now include glib/gvaluecollector.h which simply pulls in
glib-object.h.
Tue Nov 13 23:18:10 2001 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* gsignal.[hc]: add API for chaining:
g_signal_chain_from_overridden() and g_signal_override_class_closure(),
implementation yet to come.
* gtype.[hc], Makefile.am: provide G_LOG_DOMAIN as compile flag.
* gparam.[hc]: s/g_param_get/g_param_spec_get/ for get_nick,
get_name and get_blurb, to be consistent with the rest of the
g_param_spec_*() functions.
* gparamspecs.[hc]: got rid of bogus GClosure paramspec.
G_TYPE_CLOSURE is a boxed type already.
2001-09-10 Alex Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
* gobject/gboxed.[ch]:
* gobject/gsourceclosure.c:
Removed is_refcounted and GBoxedInitFunc from
g_boxed_type_register_static().
Mon Jun 11 17:07:06 2001 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* gboxed.[hc]: remove left-over usages of an anonymous GBoxed typedef.
* gobjectnotifyqueue.c: moved property notify queue implementation
bits into this function.
* gparam.[hc]: added g_param_spec_pool_belongings(), completed
g_param_spec_pool_list(). added GParameter for _setv() functions.
* gobject.[hc]: use gobjectnotifyqueue.h implementation now.
got rid of properties_changed signal.
new functions g_object_newv(), g_object_class_list_properties().
removed "properties_changed" signal.
* gtype.[hc]: added g_type_depth() to figure number of parent
types + 1 for a type.
* gsignal.h: add g_signal_connect() (as per owen's request) and
g_signal_connect_swapped().
2001-02-21 Tor Lillqvist <tml@iki.fi>
* *.h: Use G_BEGIN_DECLS and G_END_DECLS.
* Makefile.am: Use libglib-1.3.la from top_builddir. Invoke
libtool with -no-undefined for Win32 and Cygwin.
Wed Mar 7 09:36:33 2001 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* gboxed.[hc]: changed prototype of g_boxed_type_register_static()
to contain an optional init function and a hint at whether the
boxed structure uses ref counting internally.
added g_value_set_boxed_take_ownership().
made G_TYPE_BOXED an abstract value type.
* genums.[hc]: made G_TYPE_ENUM and G_TYPE_FLAGS abstract value
types.
* glib-genmarshal.c: argument type changes, preparation for third-party
arg specification.
* gobject.[hc]: cleaned up get/set property code.
added g_strdup_value_contents() to improve warnings.
* gparam.[hc]: added g_param_value_convert(), taking over responsibility
of the old g_value_convert(). added G_PARAM_LAX_VALIDATION flag so
validation alterations may be valid a part of the property setting
process.
* gparamspecs.[hc]: made value comparisons stable (for sort applications).
added GParamSpecValueArray, a param spec for value arrays and
GParamSpecClosure. nuked the value exchange functions and
GParamSpecCCallback.
* gtype.[hc]: catch unintialized usages of the type system with
g_return_val_if_uninitialized(). introduced G_TYPE_FLAG_VALUE_ABSTRACT
to flag types that introduce a value table, but can't be used for
g_value_init(). cleaned up reserved type ids.
* gvalue.[hc]: code cleanups and saner checking.
nuked the value exchange API. implemented value transformations, we
can't really "convert" values, rather transforms are an anylogy to
C casts, real conversions need a param spec for validation, which is
why g_param_value_convert() does real conversions now.
* gvaluearray.[hc]: new files that implement a GValueArray, a struct
that can hold inhomogeneous arrays of value (to that extend that it
also allowes undefined values, i.e. G_VALUE_TYPE(value)==0).
this is exposed to the type system as a boxed type.
* gvaluetransform.c: new file implementing most of the former value
exchange functions as single-sided transformations.
* gvaluetypes.[hc]: nuked G_TYPE_CCALLBACK, added
g_value_set_string_take_ownership().
* *.h: s/G_IS_VALUE_/G_VALUE_HOLDS_/.
* *.[hc]: many fixes and cleanups.
* many warning improvements.
Tue Feb 27 18:35:15 2001 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* gobject.c (g_object_get_valist): urg, pass G_VALUE_NOCOPY_CONTENTS
into G_VALUE_LCOPY(), this needs proper documenting.
* gparam.c: fixed G_PARAM_USER_MASK.
* gtype.c (type_data_make_W):
(type_data_last_unref_Wm): fixed invalid memory freeing.
* gobject.c (g_object_last_unref): destroy signal handlers associated
with object, right before finalization.
* gsignal.c (g_signal_parse_name): catch destroyed nodes or signals
that don't actually support details.
* gobject.[hc]: got rid of property trailers. nuked GObject
properties "data" and the "signal" variants.
(g_object_connect): new convenience function to do multiple
signal connections at once.
(g_object_disconnect): likewise, for disconnections.
* gparam.[hc] (g_param_spec_pool_lookup): took out trailer support.
* gvalue.[hc]: marked g_value_fits_pointer() and g_value_peek_pointer()
as private (the latter got renamed from g_value_get_as_pointer()).
Wed Mar 7 09:32:06 2001 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* glib-object.h: add gvaluearray.h.
* gstring.[hc]: fixup naming of g_string_sprint*.
* gtypes.h: fixed GCompareDataFunc naming.
Wed Mar 7 09:33:27 2001 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* gobject/Makefile.am: shuffled rules to avoid excessive
rebuilds.
* gobject/gobject-sections.txt: updates.
* gobject/tmpl/*: bunch of updates, added another patch
from Eric Lemings <eric.b.lemings@lmco.com>.
Tue Oct 24 22:09:14 2000 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* glib-object.h: added newly added gobject/ headers.
* gmesage.c: print g_message() output to stderr instead of stdout.
Wed Oct 25 20:27:02 2000 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* gtype.c (g_type_free_instance): for the moment, freeing object
structures will fill their memory portion with 0xAA. there's a
FIXME there, remove this line at a later point.
Tue Oct 24 23:10:26 2000 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* glib-genmarshal.1:
* glib-genmarshal.c: added publically installed marshaller generator.
* gtype.h: added G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_INTERFACE() to retrive a certain
interface VTable from instances.
Mon Oct 23 08:28:15 2000 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* gobject.[hc]: new functions for closure maintenance:
(g_object_watch_closure): maintain validity of the object and
the closure for objects that are used as data part of a closure.
(g_cclosure_new_object): convenience function to create C closures
that have an object as data argument.
(g_closure_new_object): convenience function to create closures
that have an object as data argument.
* gclosure.[hc]: implementation of GClosure mechanism.
a closure is basically an encapsulation of a callback function
and its environment. ideally, most places supporting callback
functions will simply take a GClosure* pointer and thus unify
callback environments wrg destroy notification etc.
GClosure provides destroy notifiers for arbitrary data pointers,
reference counting, invalidation notification (it can be invalidated
which is merely a deactivate state) and a marshallinbg abstraction.
GCClosure is also provided in these files, they present a specialized
GClosure implementation for C language callbacks.
* genum.c: macro cleanups.
* gboxed.[hc]: new files, for boxed type abstraction.
(g_boxed_copy): copy a boxed structure
(g_boxed_free): free a boxed structure
(g_value_set_boxed):
(g_value_get_boxed): standard GValue functions for boxed types
(g_boxed_type_register_static): convenience function for easy
introduction of new G_TYPE_BOXED derivatives.
* gparam.[hc]: introduced g_param_type_register_static(), a short hand
for creation of new GParamSpec derived types.
* gtype.[hc]: many fixes, introduced ability to flag individual
type nodes as ABSTRACT upon registration, added value_peek_pointer()
to the value table to peek at GValue contents as a pointer for types
that support this. fixed up GValue checks.
* gvalue.[hc]: added g_value_fits_pointer() and g_value_get_as_pointer()
to peek at the value contents as pointer.
* *.[hc]: adaptions to type macro fixes and changes in the type
registration API.
* many const corrections over the place.
Sat Oct 21 02:49:56 2000 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* gtype.c (g_type_conforms_to): this function basically behaves like
and is_a check, except that it _additionally_ features interfaces
for instantiatable types. enforce this in the second branch as well
(`type' conforms_to `type') even if `type' is not an interface type.
Fri Oct 20 15:31:04 2000 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* gvaluetypes.[hc]: added G_TYPE_POINTER implementation from jrb.
* gtype.[hc]:
* gobject.c:
* gvaluetypes.c: added GTypeValueTable.value_peek_pointer and
suitable implementations of this for G_TYPE_STRING, G_TYPE_OBJECT
and G_TYPE_POINTER.
Mon Aug 21 04:13:37 2000 Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org>
* gbsearcharray.[hc]: long standing needed generic implementation
of a binary searchable, sorted and dynamically sized array.
