[Gaim-devel] Help understanding GaimPresence

[Evan S. <ev...@dr...>]

I'm trying to expand the signals sent out as status information  
changes for buddies...

I'm confused about GaimPresence.  Why is there not a one-to-one buddy- 
presence relationship?  In what situation will  
gaim_presence_get_buddies() return a list of more than one buddy?   
When sending out a signal that a buddy's presence changed, is the  
appropriate place to do it within the for() loop of the prpl.c  
accessor, e.g. gaim_prpl_got_user_login_time(), or within the  
status.c method, e.g. gaim_presence_set_login_time()? The latter  
seems better, but then we've got:

for buddy = gaim_find_buddies(account, name) {
     find the presence for buddy
     update the presence
     for presencebuddy = gaim_presence_get_buddies(presence) {
         send out a signal for presencebuddy
     }
}

I get the feeling I'm overcomplicating or misreading something.   
Help! :)

-Evan