okay, new rule ((apologies to Bill Maher)): it’s okay to install a GObject property like this:
pspec = g_param_spec_string ("title", "Title", "The title of the item", NULL, G_PARAM_READWRITE); g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_TITLE, pspec);
instead of the usual way you see in other GObject-based libraries, where we l33t h4x0rs dispense from the use of an explicit GParamSpec variable. this is especially true if you are trapped in 1983 and are still using an ANSI 80×25 terminal — though you should probably know that here, in 2008, 100+ columns are safe.
oh, and fill out the name and blurb fields of the property: GObject provides a little bit of introspection, but if you willfully ignore it then we can just forget about stuff like the GObject-Introspection project.
please, every time you install a property using a line like this:
g_object_class_install_property (
gobject_class, PROP_TITLE,
g_param_spec_string ("title", NULL, NULL, NULL,
G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_WRITABLE));
an unfortunate incident will involve a bucket of puppies and a belt sander.
comments saying “gobject sucks you should be using ${ZEALOTS_OWN}” will be deleted without mercy because they miss the point by a hundred and fortyseven miles