Problem with structures

**dereach** · 10-25-2007

Hi

I tried make one of my first program with GTK, but I found problem.
I wanted to use g_idle_add, and I need also send to my function
function few informations:

Code:

GtkWidget *box_1, *box_2;

I created structure (Kont) to keep them together.

Code:

struct Kont
{
      GtkWidget * kontrolka_1;
      GtkWidget * kontrolka_2;
};
....
struct Kont  Pudlo={box_1,box_2};

Now I send it to the U_function as a &Pudlo

Code:

lis_idle = g_idle_add ((GSourceFunc) U_function, &Pudlo);

The problem is : outside in main function Pudlo.kontrolka_... has something but
inside U-function I've got nothing. Bud->kontrolka_...=0.

Code:

static gboolean U_function (struct Kont  *Bud)
{
 ....
   GtkWindow * dialog;
   dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (GTK_WINDOW (window),
   GTK_DIALOG_MODAL,   GTK_MESSAGE_INFO,   GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE,
  "box_1  = %d \n, box_2  = %d \n" ,
  Bud->kontrolka_1, Bud->kontrolka_2);
....
}

What is more confusing: on Windows (Dev-C++) all kontrolka=0 but
when I tried to compile this code on linux it works and they have
correct values.

Can anyone tell my why?
Do I make any mistake with structures?
Why windows and linux works different?

Daniel

(full code I can send on request)

**Salem** · 10-25-2007

You have to be really careful when passing data to be used in callback functions at a later time. For example, a pointer to a local variable is rarely a good choice (unless it's local to main say).

Code:

void foo ( ) {
    // stuff
    struct Kont  Pudlo={box_1,box_2};
    // stuff
    lis_idle = g_idle_add ((GSourceFunc) U_function, &Pudlo);

    // and return
    // OOPS, Pudlo is local, and is about to vanish.
    // If U_function tries to use it, that's bad news.
}

> when I tried to compile this code on linux it works and they have correct values.
It's just the way of the universe that sometimes you can screw up big-style and it still appears to do the right thing. Yet at other times even the most minor mistake is punished harshly.

What you can be sure of is that whenever you see different behaviour on two systems that it's a pretty good sign that you're doing something wrong, even if one of them seems to work.

**dereach** · 10-30-2007

Thanks a lot.
I did not have idea how exactly works g_idle_add function.

Daniel

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