I noticed various class methods like Gtk2::TextView->new_with_buffer() ignore their class name arg, so if you call from a subclass MyTextView->new_with_buffer() you only get a base Gtk2::TextView. Sample code below.
Is it feasible to have some of those new_with_foo() methods follow the class name? An xs equivalent of maybe # sub new_with_buffer { # my ($class, $textbuf) = @_; # return Glib::Object::new ($class, buffer => $textbuf); # } along the lines of the commented out new_with_buffer() below maybe. Many are simple shorthands for setting properties at create, or create followed by $obj->set_foo. Perhaps any complicated ones could be quietly ignored. Following the class name would be good for Perl level subclassing. I suppose the alternative is each subclass to think about what it needs or wants, perhaps with some multi-inheritance mix-ins to offer likely forms for a new_with_buffer() etc. use strict; use warnings; { package MyTextView; use Gtk2; use Glib::Object::Subclass 'Gtk2::TextView'; } { my $tv = MyTextView->new; print "MyTextView new() gives: ",ref($tv),"\n"; } { my $tv = MyTextView->new_with_buffer (Gtk2::TextBuffer->new); print "MyTextView new_with_buffer() gives: ",ref($tv),"\n"; } _______________________________________________ gtk-perl-list mailing list gtk-perl-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-perl-list