[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] ref and unref

[<jc...@gm...>]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to use the ruby-gnome2 gobject-introspection package to
help make a Ruby binding for my GObject-based image processing
library.

I have a general question about memory management: how is reference
counting handled? For example, if I create a new object like this:

   a = Vips::Image.new

and then get rid of the reference:

   a = nil
   GC.start

I would expect the object to be unreffed. Is there some extra magic I need?

Tiny test program here:

   https://github.com/jcupitt/ruby-vips8/blob/master/try/try2.rb

John