[Xcb] status of xcb_util

Thomas Hunger hto at arcor.de
Mon Nov 13 12:54:37 PST 2006


The util package is nice and I use it lots. I think it should be 
integral part of xcb since it provides a lot of functions which 
everyone needs (e.g. the icccm helpers).

Vincent Torri provided a partial patch for the renaming of the api. 
Did somebody complete this already? Otherwise I could take this.

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xcb/2006-September/002030.html

I would also like to change the naming in util a little: Now there 
is "AllocSizeHints" which would convert to "alloc_size_hints". I 
would like to add the additional namespace "xcb_util_". 

That would allow me to see where the function originates, which helps 
a lot in debugging and reading code. It could also prevent name 
clashes (Althout they seem very unlikely for these functions).

Tom



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