Using Vala’s GObject Introspection to Reduce GTK Widget Boilerplate
Shows how Vala’s built‑in GObject introspection flags automate .gir generation for custom GTK widgets, with a worked example and build‑step tips.
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Shows how Vala’s built‑in GObject introspection flags automate .gir generation for custom GTK widgets, with a worked example and build‑step tips.
The goal is to verify whether the Vala compiler inserts different reference‑count operations in the generated C code for function parameters annotated as `owned` versus those annotated as `unowned`. To do this, a minimal Vala project is built with Meson, the produced C file is examined for calls such as `g_steal_pointer` or `g_strdup` that indicate ownership