On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:55:48 +0100 Pau Espin Pedrol <pespin.s...@gmail.com> said:
well keep working at it... though breaking api does suck :( > Hi, > some weeks ago I was granted with commit access to improve the efl bindings > for Vala language. Apart from them being quite outdated in relation to the > C API, the current vala API for elementary (the library which mot of users > use) is conceptually wrong. > > Basically in current vAPI we are using constructors which at C level call > the elm_*_add() functions. The problem is that calling that function in C > is giving ownership of the widget to the parent widget passed as parameter > (ownsership as in it is responsible of freeing it once it is deleted). The > problem comes here. A constructor in vala always return an owned reference > of an object, which means that the object is freed automatically by vala > when the object gets out of scope (using evas_object_del), which is bad > because efl itself will try to free the object too once the parent is > deleted. > > So we are now changing the elementary vapi to use static methods which > return unowned references of new objects, which I think is the desired and > right way to go. > > I just wanted to share with the community this information, because this > means that once we are finished with this code changes, all applitacions > using eflvala with elementary (hopefully no more than 5 o 6 :P) will cease > to work. > > I'm now working on it in a separate git repo in gitorious ( > https://gitorious.org/eflvala) to not disturb users of the bindings as I'm > changing lots of different things (some of them might not be stable) which > would make them to rewrite their applications quite frequently and that's a > problem for example for apps built from OpenEmbedded, asit stops all > system from building. > > I'm already porting one of my applications to try the new eflvala in > complex situations (genlists with objects, etc.). > > You'll find that all the tests and examples in the repo should be already > using correctly the new vapi. If someone has some thoughts on the thread, > he's welcome to talk on this :) > > > Once I get the vapi files uptodate with last EFL release (which will be out > soon hopefully), I'll move the development back to E svn using git-svn. As > for now it's easier for me to manage all the huge amount of changes in a > separate git repo where I can work offline and get feedback/access from > other people too ;) > > Thanks for the attention, > -- > Pau Espin Pedrol > mail/jabber: pespin.s...@gmail.com > http://blog.espeweb.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Systems Optimization Self Assessment Improve efficiency and utilization of IT resources. Drive out cost and improve service delivery. Take 5 minutes to use this Systems Optimization Self Assessment. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51450054/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
