I have a relatively complex ( ie many windows, and many, many widgets )
application with a GUI created in Glade. glade_xml_get_widget() is returning the
wrong widget if there are multiple widgets with the same name. My app is written
in Gtk-Perk. Example:

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In Glade, I have 2 windows, called "MainMenu" and "Batches".
In Perl, I create them:

$mainmenu = Gtk2::GladeXML->new($gladefile, "MainMenu");
$mainmenu->signal_autoconnect_from_package;

$batches = Gtk2::GladeXML->new($gladefile, "Batches");
$batches->signal_autoconnect_from_package;

Now, my MainMenu form has a *button* on it, called "Batches" ... because it's
the batches button, which opens the batches form.

If I try to get hold of the "Batches" window, via:

$batches->get_widget("Batches")

I instead get the Batches *button*, on the MainMenu form.

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The explanation I've been given on the gtk-perl list is:

"libglade uses a GHashTable to hold the mapping of widget names to widgets;
duplicate names will hash to the same table entry, and therefore the
last-created widget will be the one found in the hash."

I think it's unreasonable to force all names of widgets to be unique throughout
the entire glade project. I can understand having unique names in a single
window, but widget names should be able to be repeated across multiple windows.