Tristan Van Berkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Generally, > if a function takes `const gchar *' as an argument it just means > that the said function garauntees that your string will not be modified > by that function (whereas a `gchar *' argument is generally a return > location for a single char). > > Here are some examples in GTK+ that do use static strings: > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gobject/gobject-Standard-Parameter-and-Value-Types.html#g-value-set-static-string > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-Quarks.html#g-quark-from-static-string
Excellent. So, I sum up: a. If the programmer wants to make clear that a string argument of a function is not changed internally she designs it as a const gchar*. b. If the programmer wants to make clear that a function expects the string pointer to not be changed outside she has to mark that by additional keywords like "_from_static_string" in the function's name. Felix _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
