[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 572480] New: unref and copy functions should not be macros

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  GStreamer | gstreamer (core) | Ver: git
           Summary: unref and copy functions should not be macros
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gstreamer (core)
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: ali.sabil at gmail.com
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


unref and copy functions are sometimes used as function pointers for example in
the case of g_hash_table_new_full as a GDestroyNotify function.

Currently GstBuffer, GstEvent, GstMessage and GstQuery define their respective
unref and copy functions as macros, making use of gst_mini_object_unref/copy.
This approach works very well for most cases, except for some automatically
generated bindings (currently Vala), where the memory management semantics are
defined declaratively.

The possible solutions would be to either convert all the macros into static
inline function, or change the signature of gst_mini_object_unref to take a
void* instead of a GstMiniObject*


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