Function

GObjecttype_get_instance_count

since: 2.44

Declaration

int
g_type_get_instance_count (
  GType type
)

Description

Returns the number of instances allocated of the particular type; this is only available if GLib is built with debugging support and the instance-count debug flag is set (by setting the GOBJECT_DEBUG variable to include instance-count).

Available since: 2.44

Parameters

type

Type: GType

A GType.

Return value

Type: int

The number of instances allocated of the given type; if instance counts are not available, returns 0.