This is the mail archive of the guile@cygnus.com mailing list for the guile project.

Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]

Re: Is it OK to pass an SCM through (void *)?

Maciej Stachowiak <mstachow@mit.edu> writes:

> One problem here is that the object will stay protected even if you
> disconnect that signal handler, or even destroy the widget it is
> associated with, unless you do some extra tracking so you can
> unprotect it. This will result in memory leaks.

You might want to look into gtk_signal_connect_full.  This is what
guile-gtk uses to get the bookkeeping done.  Please ask if you want to
know more.