Hello :)
2010/12/11 Emmanuele Bassi eba...@gmail.com
hi;
glib development is discussed on the gtk-devel mailing list, but I can
directly answer to you right now.
On Sat, 2010-12-11 at 00:19 +0100, CaStarCo wrote:
I write here because i have many doubts and because i want to
contribute with my code to the Glib library ^^ .
cool, contributions are much welcome...
The first doubt is : The Glib project is using the C99 spec or the C89
spec?
for portability reasons, GLib follows the C89 spec. the C99 spec is not
fully implemented by all compilers on all platforms we're tracking, so
it cannot be used.
If it's the second case... there is any way to contribute to Glib
adding support to the complex floating point types that C99 introduced
in the year 2000 ?
honestly, I doubt this is a compelling enough use case to introduce new
types; applications that require complex floating point types will also
require other ad hoc facilities that GLib does not provide.
I don't think so :p , one usage example: extending the Vala language, in any
case, the complex.h header provides simple functions to work with complex
numbers.
Another usage example: simplify the code of, for example, gcalctool.
In any case, if the reasons of not extending Glib are related with
compatibility, that's a stronger reason :) .
nevertheless, if new types have been introduced and if they can be
checked at configure-time, then they may be supported by wrapping them,
in to provide a graceful degradation path.
I have a doubt about that. To introduce a type following the way you
described... I must create another mini library inside the Glib?
code contributions for GLib go through Bugzilla:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=glib
ciao,
Emmanuele.
Thanks for your atention!
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