[Gstreamer-gstmm] Re: [gst-devel] GstObject API crufted?

[Benjamin Otte]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 Murray.Cumming at Comneon.com wrote:

> > From: Benjamin Otte [mailto:in7y118 at public.uni-hamburg.de]
> > To: Martin Schulze
> > > - There is a function gst_object_destroy() that forces the
> > destruction
> > >    of the passed object. Is this intended to work at any time? For
> > >    GstElement/GstPad? For other types? Is the parent notified about
> > >    the destruction?
> > >
> > I think this is cruft left over from the glib/gtk 1.2 days.
> > After a little
> > grepping it's only used in old examples and test. So I vote
> > for "remove
> > it, we're properly refcounting".
>
> If this is true then it would vastly simplify things for language bindings.
> It would be really great.
>
Please assume this function does not exist until told otherwise.
IF wtay, omega or other core hackers don't object, i'll kill this function
myself.
I have hated it since I joined this project.

Cheers,
Benjamin