gint and gchar data types

2010-05-01 Thread Vikraman Choudhury
Why and when should I use gint, gchar instead of int, char ? ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list

Re: gint and gchar data types

2010-05-01 Thread Emmanuele Bassi
On Sat, 2010-05-01 at 17:17 +0530, Vikraman Choudhury wrote: > Why and when should I use gint, gchar instead of int, char ? mostly, 'because they look "integerated" with the rest of the types' and 'only when you want to'. that also holds true for gfloat and gdouble. guint and guchar can save you

Re: gint and gchar data types

2010-05-01 Thread Ardhan Madras
Hi, You don't have to use gint, gchar or any Glib re-defined C data types in your code. I think it's just a naming convention and hints for GTK+ related projets. If you are writing a projects intended for free software then it's better for using this naming convention. Ardhan --

libgnomecanvas

2010-05-01 Thread John Emmas
Is this an appropriate forum for asking questions about libgnomecanvas or does it have its own separate mailing list? ___ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list

Re: libgnomecanvas

2010-05-01 Thread John Emmas
On 1 May 2010, at 19:18, John Emmas wrote: > Is this an appropriate forum for asking questions about libgnomecanvas or > does it have its own separate mailing list? > ___ Or alternatively, would gtk-l...@gnome.org be a better place? Basically I'm tr