Bug#115527: marked as done (libgnome-perl: Gnome::About has authors as scaler while everything else is string)
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Subject: libgnome-perl: Gnome::About has authors as scaler while everything else is string
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Package: libgnome-perl
Version: 0.7008-1
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Mayby its not a bug, if I'm confused I'm sorry, but this from man
Gnome::reference seems really strange:
Gnome::About
Gnome::About Gnome::About->new ($title, $version, $copy
right, $authors, $comments, $logo)
· $title (string)
· $version (string)
· $copyright (string)
· $authors (scalar)
· $comments (string)
· $logo (string)
Why should authos be a scalar when everything else in sight is string?
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux greenwood 2.4.5 #1 Sat May 26 18:32:34 AKDT 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=
Versions of packages libgnome-perl depends on:
ii gdk-imlib1 1.9.11-3 Gdk-Imlib is an imaging library fo
ii libart2 1.4.1.2-3 The Gnome canvas widget
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.2-2 The Audiofile Library
ii libc6 2.2.4-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdb3 3.2.9-11 Berkeley v3 Database Libraries [ru
ii libesd0 0.2.22-6 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libglib1.2 1.2.10-1.2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome32 1.4.1.2-3 The Gnome libraries
ii libgnomesupport0 1.4.1.2-3 The Gnome libraries (Support libra
ii libgnomeui32 1.4.1.2-3 The Gnome libraries (User Interfac
ii libgtk-imlib-perl 0.7008-1 Perl module for the gdkimlib libra
ii libgtk-perl 0.7008-1 Perl module for the gtk+ library
ii libgtk1.2 1.2.10-2 The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets fo
ii libzvt2 1.4.1.2-3 The Gnome zvt (zterm) widget
ii perl 5.6.1-5 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-base [perlapi-5.6.1] 5.6.1-5 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis
ii xlibs 4.1.0-7 X Window System client libraries
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Subject: Re: libgnome-perl: Gnome::About has authors as scaler while
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The authors parameter in the Gnome::About->new() method call is
described as a scalar in the documentation because it's capable of
taking different argument types.
If you pass a string in this parameter you get a single line of text
in the dialog box. However if you pas an array-ref, you can include
multiple lines in the dialog box.
Unfortunately, both because of the way you do argument passing in XS
code and because most of the libgtk-perl documentation is automatic
generated, there no easy way to reflect this in the documentation.
--
Stephen
"Farcical aquatic ceremonies are no basis for a system of government!"
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