[webkit-efl] Common ref and unref functions for EFL WK2 objects

[Gyuyoung Kim]

Though I still need to see this patches, your work looks good to me. If
there is any problems when our internal source uses this new struct or
problems occur, I will let you guys know that.

Gyuyoung.


On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Kangil Han <kangil.han at samsung.com> wrote:

> Hi Mikhail,
>
> > BTW, WK2 C API has geneiric ref/unfer functions and GTK also does.
> Would you please let us know more specific information on this, i.e. wiki
> url or something that help our understanding?
>
> Kind regards,
> Kangil Han
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: webkit-efl-bounces at lists.webkit.org
> [mailto:webkit-efl-bounces at lists.webkit.org] On Behalf Of Pozdnyakov,
> Mikhail
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:05 PM
> To: webkit-efl at lists.webkit.org
> Subject: [webkit-efl] Common ref and unref functions for EFL WK2 objects
>
> Hi,
>
> I've already mentioned the proposal at
> http://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-efl/2012-October/000393.html
>
> but think (and since nobody replied so far) it deserves new topic and new
> thread, so duplicating proposal again here.
>
> As all the ref-counting EWK classes are inherited from WTF::RefCounted
> it is possible now to have generic REF/UNREF functions in the public API
> instead of
> having separate pair of such functions for every object.
>
> To say in more details we could introduce
> struct Ewk_Ref_Counted Ewk_Ref_Counted;
> and following generic functions:
> EAPI Ewk_Ref_Counted*  ewk_ref(Ewk_Ref_Counted*);
> EAPI  ewk_unref(Ewk_Ref_Counted*);
>
> then Ewk_Back_Forward_List_Item  might be declared for instance as
>
> typedef Ewk_Ref_Counted Ewk_Back_Forward_List_Item;
>
> so that it's clear that Ewk_Back_Forward_List_Item is ref-countable
> (or we could just mention in docs that given object is ref counted).
>
> Would like to hear your opinion about this proposal.
>
> BTW, WK2 C API has geneiric ref/unfer functions and GTK also does.
>
> BR,
> Mikhail
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Gyuyoung Kim
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