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Bug 755882 - Don't generate _autoptr aliases
Don't generate _autoptr aliases
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gobject-introspection
Classification: Platform
Component: g-ir-scanner
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gobject-introspection Maintainer(s)
gobject-introspection Maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-09-30 14:15 UTC by Ben
Modified: 2015-10-11 14:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Attachments
0001-transformer-Strip-out-GLib-_autoptr-typedefs.patch (985 bytes, patch)
2015-10-10 22:09 UTC, Colin Walters 		accepted-commit_now Details | Review

Description Ben 2015-09-30 14:15:48 UTC 
https://developer.gnome.org/glib/unstable/glib-Miscellaneous-Macros.html#g-autoptr

It's for C only, and doesn't apply to Vala/Python/JS/etc, so I think they should be skipped when generating gir
Comment 1 Giovanni Campagna 2015-10-10 21:13:44 UTC 
Does it matter to the bindings that they are there? Is it about docs?
Comment 2 Ben 2015-10-10 21:41:11 UTC 
For Vala it shows up in http://valadoc.org and GNOME Builder's autocompletion
Comment 3 Colin Walters 2015-10-10 22:09:33 UTC 
Created attachment 313033 [details] [review]
0001-transformer-Strip-out-GLib-_autoptr-typedefs.patch
Comment 4 Ben 2015-10-10 23:41:52 UTC 
do we need tests?
Comment 5 Giovanni Campagna 2015-10-11 13:56:52 UTC 
Review of attachment 313033 [details] [review]:

LGTM

Given that it's only a doc problem, I don't think tests should be a blocker.