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Issue of the Implementation # D0156

Brief

Incorrect default value of 'name' property of GtkWidget objects

Detailed Description

The default value of the property 'name' should be NULL, but it is empty string ('').

Problem location(s) in the standard

LSB that refers http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/2.8/GtkWidget.html

Example

#include <gtk/gtk.h>
#include <glib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
	GtkWidget *window = NULL;
	gchararray get_val = NULL;
	
	gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
		
	window = g_object_new(GTK_TYPE_WINDOW, NULL);
	if(window == NULL)
	{
		printf("The g_object_new function returns NULL, unable to create a GtkWidget.\n");
	}
	
	g_object_get(window, "name", &get_val, NULL);
	
	if(get_val != NULL)
	{
		printf("The default value of the property 'name' should be 'NULL', but it is '%s'.\n", get_val);
	}	

	if(window != NULL)
	{
		gtk_widget_destroy(window);
	}
	
	return 0;
}

Component

gtk+ 2.21 or early

Accepted

Gnome Bugzilla, 623932

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