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This module provides perl access to Glib and GLib's GObject libraries.
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GLib is a portability and utility library; GObject provides a generic
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type system with inheritance and a powerful signal system. Together
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these libraries are used as the foundation for many of the libraries
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that make up the Gnome environment, and are used in many unrelated
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projects.
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This wrapper attempts to provide a perlish interface while remaining
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as true as possible to the underlying C API, so that any reference
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materials you can find on using GLib may still apply to using the
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libraries from perl. Where GLib's functionality overlaps perl's,
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perl's is favored; for example, you will find perl lists and arrays in
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place of GSList or GList objects. Some concepts have been eliminated;
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you need never worry about reference-counting on GObjects or GBoxed
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structures. Other concepts have been converted to a perlish analogy;
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the GType id will never be seen in perl, as the package name serves
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that purpose. [FIXME link to a document describing this stuff in detail.]
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WWW: http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/
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