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GObject

  • Started out as a way to do object oriented C. Has grown into benefits beyond that.

  • Objects have parameters which can be accessed controlled

    • Read-only

    • Read / write

    • Write only at construction time, read any time.

  • Parameter values can have a known type or be "boxed", making them opaque to applications.

  • Objects can have descriptive enums associated with them. Slightly more powerful than the corrseponding C construct.

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