On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 10:46:13PM +0100, Tobias Knopp wrote: > - Is any accessor backuped with a property and vice versa?
Nicola already answered this. > - Which one is to prefer? It depends. For simple setting and getting of values from C, I prefer the accessors because (a) it lets the compiler do some minimal type checking (b) accessors are more efficient at returning a C string than g_object_get. However, you need properties if you want to have a 'parametrized constructor'. ie. pass arguments to a *_new function. Properties are more convenient from higher-level languages. eg., in JavaScript, you can use my_obj.prop to access a property. They also offer extra features: (a) You can bind a property on one object to another property elsewhere (see g_object_bind_property*). (b) Every property comes with its own 'notify' signal that you can use to listen for changes. (c) They can be introspected at run-time, which is very useful if you are writing a tool like the gtk+ inspector, glade or d-feet. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
