PROGRAMMING_NOTES

Sun, 03 Nov 2002 22:16:39 +0000

author
Ethan Blanton <elb@pidgin.im>
date
Sun, 03 Nov 2002 22:16:39 +0000
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[gaim-migrate @ 4043]
this is a better test condition from paco-paco.
(17:05:42) Paco-Paco: and you have to check the return value of wait against (pid_t)-1
(17:05:42) Paco-Paco: you *cannot* use < 0
(17:05:45) Paco-Paco: pid_t is unsigned on some systems :-)
(17:05:57) Paco-Paco: actually, my patch might need fixed for the while loop
(17:05:58) ***Paco-Paco looks
(17:07:16) Paco-Paco: LSchiere: actually, I have a one-line fix

committer: Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>

Notes on keeping GAIM OS independant
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General
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- Use G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S and G_DIR_SEPARATOR for paths

- Use g_getenv, g_snprintf, g_vsnprintf

- Use gaim_home_dir instead of g_get_home_dir or g_getenv("HOME")

- Make sure when including win32dep.h that it is the last header to
  be included.

PLUGINS & PROTOS
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- G_MODULE_EXPORT all functions which are to be accessed from outside the
  scope of its "dll" or "so". (E.G. gaim_plugin_init)

- G_MODULE_IMPORT all global variables which are located outside your
  dynamic library. (E.G. connections)

  (Not doing this will cause "Memory Access Violations" in Win32)

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