[Geany-Devel] Segmentation fault when auto-close plug-in is enable [patch]

[Matthew Brush]

On 13-10-23 08:39 PM, Lex Trotman wrote:
> On 24 October 2013 13:09, Matthew Brush <mbrush at codebrainz.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 13-10-23 11:36 AM, Thomas Martitz wrote:
>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>
>> Regarding that pattern we discussed previously and used in this AutoClose
>> code for attaching data to a document, I'd be interested whether you or
>> anyone thinks this branch (last/top two commits) would be useful to plugins:
>>
>> https://github.com/codebrainz/**geany/commits/document-**datalist<https://github.com/codebrainz/geany/commits/document-datalist>
>>
>>
> IIUC several plugins already use various methods of storing data for
> different documents and other Geany data structures.  Having a common way
> of doing that which cleans up when the Geany struct is destroyed is a good
> idea.
>
> But it seems a pity to have to duplicate the glib interface for each
> structure that offers the facility, can we just return the GData and let
> the plugins use the normal g_datalist functions?
>
>
>> IMO it'd be better to make GeanyDocument an actual GObject and get the
>> data lists for "free", but at least this is sort of a step in the same
>> direction.
>>
>> Disclaimer: I have no interest in "defending" this or hashing it out, it's
>> just one of my many local branches and hasn't been really tested. If anyone
>> doesn't like it, or spots some bugs or something, they can just not saying
>> anything (ie. I'm not asking for Code Review) and it will quietly go away,
>> if anyone really likes it, they can push it forward and we can review and
>> discuss it at that point.
>>
>>
> Don't try to make special conditions that say your contributions must not
> be discussed/reviewed, thats rude, its like saying you think you are better
> than the other contributors on this list.
>

I said it specifically to avoid getting into deep design discussions or 
code reviews, I just want a general +1 or -1 whether anyone thinks the 
general concept is useful and whether it's worth looking at implementing 
something similar. If not one else really cares, it's not worth getting 
into details about.

Cheers,
Matthew Brush