[fpc-devel] gtkliststore.inc

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Paul Ishenin wrote:

> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Paul Ishenin wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello,  FPC developers' list.
> > >
> > > Can someone tell me what for gtk2 package have this strange defines inside
> > > sources:
> > >
> > > {$IFNDEF KYLIX}
> > > function gtk_list_store_new(n_columns:gint; args:array of
> > > const):PGtkListStore; cdecl; overload; external gtklib;
> > > function gtk_list_store_new(n_columns:gint):PGtkListStore; cdecl;
> > > overload;
> > > varargs; external gtklib;
> > > {$ELSE}
> > > function gtk_list_store_new(n_columns:gint):PGtkListStore; varargs; cdecl;
> > > external gtklib;
> > > {$ENDIF}
> > >
> > > I am about KYLIX.
> > 
> > the problem is the ...) construct in C; in FPC this used to be translated by
> > array of const, but Kylix uses the varargs; modifier.
> > 
> > now, for FPC you should also use varargs, so the correct form is
> > function gtk_list_store_new(n_columns:gint):PGtkListStore; varargs; cdecl;
> > external gtklib;
> > both for FPC and Kylix.
> 
> 
> How can I use varargs if in fpc svn functions are declared with array of cont?

You cannot.

> 
> Btw, returning to gtk2 package. Sources of that package are very old - they
> used only gtk 2.0 functions, structures and constants. 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8,
> 2.10 and 2.12 versions were already released. Ofcource I understand that most
> of users still not using gtk 2.12, but at least gtk 2.4 can be taken as
> minimal requirement.

Feel free to update the sources. None of the FPC devels has time for this.
As far as I remember the GTK 2 sources were donated.

Michael.