[Gtk2-perl-bugs] [Bug 662265] gperl_value_from_sv() doesn't understand G_TYPE_VALUE_ARRAY values

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https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662265
  gnome-perl | Glib | unspecified

Torsten Schoenfeld <kaffeetisch> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Torsten Schoenfeld <kaf...@gm...> 2011-10-23 22:04:14 UTC ---
The GValue→SV part looks fine basically, but it should use
g_value_array_get_nth and g_value_array_free.

But as you note the trouble is with the the SV→GValue part.  One simply cannot
reliably know what type an SV has -- think of overloading, for example;
<http://markmail.org/thread/xqab2x34q3kjm4l4> has more details.  Also, Perl
programmers don't expect to have to use things like 0+$value just because some
function expects a number.  The only safe way to do this, as far as I can see,
is if you already know somehow what type is expected.  This is the case for
gtk_list_store_set_value, for example: you can find out the expected type by
finding the column's type.

So, what API are you trying to wrap?  Is there a way to know the expected type?

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