Function

GObjectTypeValueCopyFunc

since: 2.78

Declaration

void
(* GTypeValueCopyFunc) (
  const GValue* src_value,
  GValue* dest_value
)

Description [src]

Copies the content of a GValue into another.

The dest_value is a GValue with zero-filled data section and src_value is a properly initialized GValue of same type, or derived type.

The purpose of this function is to copy the contents of src_value into dest_value in a way, that even after src_value has been freed, the contents of dest_value remain valid. String type example:

dest_value->data[0].v_pointer = g_strdup (src_value->data[0].v_pointer);

Available since: 2.78

Parameters

src_value

Type: GValue

The value to copy.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

dest_value

Type: GValue

The location of the copy.

The argument will be set by the function.

The returned data is owned by the function.