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| Basic Types |
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| standard GLib types, defined for ease-of-use and portability |
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| GLib defines a number of commonly used types, which can be divided into |
| 4 groups: |
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| New types which are not part of standard C - #gboolean, #gsize, #gssize. |
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| <listitem><para> |
| Integer types which are guaranteed to be the same size across all platforms - |
| #gint8, #guint8, #gint16, #guint16, #gint32, #guint32, #gint64, #guint64. |
| </para></listitem> |
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| Types which are easier to use than their standard C counterparts - |
| #gpointer, #gconstpointer, #guchar, #guint, #gushort, #gulong. |
| </para></listitem> |
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| <listitem><para> |
| Types which correspond exactly to standard C types, but are included |
| for completeness - #gchar, #gint, #gshort, #glong, #gfloat, #gdouble. |
| </para></listitem> |
| </itemizedlist> |
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| </para> |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gboolean ##### --> |
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| A standard <type>boolean</type> type. |
| Variables of this type should only contain the value %TRUE or %FALSE. |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gpointer ##### --> |
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| An untyped pointer. |
| #gpointer looks better and is easier to use than <type>void*</type>. |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gconstpointer ##### --> |
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| An untyped pointer to constant data. |
| The data pointed to should not be changed. |
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| This is typically used in function prototypes to indicate that the |
| data pointed to will not be altered by the function. |
| </para> |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gchar ##### --> |
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| Corresponds to the standard C <type>char</type> type. |
| </para> |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF guchar ##### --> |
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| Corresponds to the standard C <type>unsigned char</type> type. |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gint ##### --> |
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| Corresponds to the standard C <type>int</type> type. |
| Values of this type can range from #G_MININT to #G_MAXINT. |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF guint ##### --> |
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| Corresponds to the standard C <type>unsigned int</type> type. |
| Values of this type can range from 0 to #G_MAXUINT. |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gshort ##### --> |
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| Corresponds to the standard C <type>short</type> type. |
| Values of this type can range from #G_MINSHORT to #G_MAXSHORT. |
| </para> |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gushort ##### --> |
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| Corresponds to the standard C <type>unsigned short</type> type. |
| Values of this type can range from 0 to #G_MAXUSHORT. |
| </para> |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF glong ##### --> |
| <para> |
| Corresponds to the standard C <type>long</type> type. |
| Values of this type can range from #G_MINLONG to #G_MAXLONG. |
| </para> |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gulong ##### --> |
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| Corresponds to the standard C <type>unsigned long</type> type. |
| Values of this type can range from 0 to #G_MAXULONG. |
| </para> |
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| <!-- ##### FUNCTION guint64 ##### --> |
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| An unsigned integer guaranteed to be 64 bits on all platforms. |
| Values of this type can range from 0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615. |
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| @Returns: |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gfloat ##### --> |
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| Corresponds to the standard C <type>float</type> type. |
| Values of this type can range from -#G_MAXFLOAT to #G_MAXFLOAT. |
| </para> |
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| <!-- ##### TYPEDEF gdouble ##### --> |
| <para> |
| Corresponds to the standard C <type>double</type> type. |
| Values of this type can range from -#G_MAXDOUBLE to #G_MAXDOUBLE. |
| </para> |
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