Annotation Glossary

A

array

Parameter points to an array of items.

C

closure

This parameter is a 'user_data', for callbacks; many bindings can pass NULL here.

E

element-type

Generics and defining elements of containers and arrays.

N

not nullable

NULL must not be passed as the value in, out, in-out; or as a return value.

nullable

NULL may be passed as the value in, out, in-out; or as a return value.

S

scope notified

The callback is valid until the GDestroyNotify argument is called.

skip

Exposed in C code, not necessarily available in other languages.

T

transfer container

The caller owns the data container, but not the data inside it.

transfer full

The caller owns the data, and is responsible for free it.

transfer none

The data is owned by the callee, which is responsible of freeing it.

type

Override the parsed C type with given type.