* unmodified for the lifetime of the parameter.
* Since 2.8
* @G_PARAM_PRIVATE: internal
+ * @G_PARAM_DEPRECATED: the parameter is deprecated and will be removed
+ * in a future version. A warning will be generated if it is used
+ * while running with G_ENABLE_DIAGNOSTIC=1.
+ * Since 2.26
*
* Through the #GParamFlags flag values, certain aspects of parameters
* can be configured.
G_PARAM_PRIVATE = G_PARAM_STATIC_NAME,
#endif
G_PARAM_STATIC_NICK = 1 << 6,
- G_PARAM_STATIC_BLURB = 1 << 7
+ G_PARAM_STATIC_BLURB = 1 << 7,
+ /* User defined flags go up to 30 */
+ G_PARAM_DEPRECATED = 1 << 31
} GParamFlags;
/**
* G_PARAM_READWRITE:
* G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT:
*
* Minimum shift count to be used for user defined flags, to be stored in
- * #GParamSpec.flags.
+ * #GParamSpec.flags. The maximum allowed is 30 + G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT.
*/
#define G_PARAM_USER_SHIFT (8)
-
/* --- typedefs & structures --- */
typedef struct _GParamSpec GParamSpec;
typedef struct _GParamSpecClass GParamSpecClass;
/**
* GParamSpec:
* @g_type_instance: private #GTypeInstance portion
- * @name: name of this parameter
+ * @name: name of this parameter: always an interned string
* @flags: #GParamFlags flags for this parameter
* @value_type: the #GValue type for this parameter
- * @owner_type: #GType type that uses (introduces) this paremeter
+ * @owner_type: #GType type that uses (introduces) this parameter
*
* All other fields of the <structname>GParamSpec</structname> struct are private and
* should not be used directly.
{
GTypeInstance g_type_instance;
- gchar *name;
+ const gchar *name; /* interned string */
GParamFlags flags;
GType value_type;
GType owner_type; /* class or interface using this property */
* g_param_value_set_default().
* @value_validate: Ensures that the contents of @value comply with the
* specifications set out by this type (optional), see
- * g_param_value_set_validate().
+ * g_param_value_validate().
* @values_cmp: Compares @value1 with @value2 according to this type
* (recommended, the default is memcmp()), see g_param_values_cmp().
*
* The <structname>GParameter</structname> struct is an auxiliary structure used
* to hand parameter name/value pairs to g_object_newv().
*/
-struct _GParameter /* auxillary structure for _setv() variants */
+struct _GParameter /* auxiliary structure for _setv() variants */
{
const gchar *name;
GValue value;
gint g_param_values_cmp (GParamSpec *pspec,
const GValue *value1,
const GValue *value2);
-G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_param_spec_get_name (GParamSpec *pspec);
-G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_param_spec_get_nick (GParamSpec *pspec);
-G_CONST_RETURN gchar* g_param_spec_get_blurb (GParamSpec *pspec);
+const gchar * g_param_spec_get_name (GParamSpec *pspec);
+const gchar * g_param_spec_get_nick (GParamSpec *pspec);
+const gchar * g_param_spec_get_blurb (GParamSpec *pspec);
void g_value_set_param (GValue *value,
GParamSpec *param);
GParamSpec* g_value_get_param (const GValue *value);
void g_value_take_param (GValue *value,
GParamSpec *param);
-#ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+GLIB_DEPRECATED_FOR(g_value_take_param)
void g_value_set_param_take_ownership (GValue *value,
- GParamSpec *param);
-#endif
+ GParamSpec *param);
/* --- convenience functions --- */
typedef struct _GParamSpecTypeInfo GParamSpecTypeInfo;
* g_param_value_set_default().
* @value_validate: Ensures that the contents of @value comply with the
* specifications set out by @pspec (optional), see
- * g_param_value_set_validate().
+ * g_param_value_validate().
* @values_cmp: Compares @value1 with @value2 according to @pspec
* (recommended, the default is memcmp()), see g_param_values_cmp().
*