Bindings might have a hard time making sure that the reference is indeed
still floating after returning here.
See https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/issues/444
/* This ref will never be dropped as the class is never destroyed */
GST_OBJECT_FLAG_SET (factory, GST_OBJECT_FLAG_MAY_BE_LEAKED);
+ /* Ensure that the reference is floating. Bindings might have a hard time
+ * making sure that the reference is indeed still floating after returning
+ * here */
+ if (element)
+ g_object_force_floating ((GObject *) element);
+
GST_DEBUG ("created element \"%s\"", GST_OBJECT_NAME (factory));
return element;