[gst-devel] Re: [gst-cvs] jdahlin gstreamer: gstreamer/ gstreamer/gst/

[Benjamin Otte]

Quoting David Schleef <ds at schleef.org>:

> On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 06:52:24PM +0100, Johan Dahlin wrote:
> > > Which ones?  Let's fix them.
> > 
> > Python bindings mainly. I'm sure other bindings that makes heavy use of
> > GBoxed will be in the same situation.
> > The function is actually called GBoxedCopyFunc, so why not provide a
> > function that actually copies the object?
> 
> Because the "handoff" signal on fakesrc won't work, for example.
> The copy function for GObject is g_object_ref().
> 
Why won't the handoff signal on fakesink work?
The only thing I see is that it might be slower when it copies buffers (which 
you can easily prevent by using G_SIGNAL_STATIC_SCOPE or how it's called).

Benjamin