</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- a type string of a concrete, fixed-sized type, prefixed with a '<literal>&</literal>'
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- a type string of a concrete, fixed-sized type, prefixed with a '<literal>&a</literal>'
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
'<literal>&s</literal>' '<literal>&o</literal>', '<literal>&g</literal>', '<literal>^as</literal>',
'<literal>^ao</literal>', '<literal>^ag</literal>', '<literal>^a&s</literal>', '<literal>^a&o</literal>' or
'<literal>^a&g</literal>'
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- any conversion string, prefixed with an '<literal>m</literal>'
+ any format string, prefixed with an '<literal>m</literal>'
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
pointer.
</para>
<para>
- Currently there is only one use for this character -- to avoid making a copy of a string when using
- <link linkend='g-variant-get'><function>g_variant_get()</function></link>.
- </para>
- <para>
- The three cases are as follows:
- </para>
- <para>
Currently, the only use for this character is when it is applied to a string (ie: '<literal>&s</literal>',
'<literal>&o</literal>' or '<code>&g</code>'). For
<link linkend='g-variant-new'><function>g_variant_new()</function></link> this has absolutely no effect. The string