Gtk2-Perl: Glib::Object::Introspection 0.008 available

Overview of changes in Glib::Object::Introspection 0.013: SV -> object: do some type checking; Fix building with perl <= 5.14; Convert invalid or void GTypes to undef.

Glib::Object::Introspection uses the gobject-introspection and libffi projects to dynamically create Perl bindings for a wide variety of libraries. Examples include gtk+, webkit, libsoup and many more.

Overview of changes in Glib::Object::Introspection 0.015: Add support for array arguments to Perl callbacks; Allow Perl code to return Glib::Error objects; Register error domains; Support conversion to raw structs from unregistered libraries.

Overview of changes in Glib::Object::Introspection 0.012: Support more struct types when writing fields; Handle disguised structures; Avoid invalid memory access during callback destruction; Use the correct allocator for caller-allocated boxed out-args; Add semi-private API wrapping gperl_register_boxed_synonym.

Overview of changes in Glib::Object::Introspection 0.009; Allow setting boxed fields to undef; Do not pass on an incorrect destroy notify func if there is no callback; Do not crash on inexistent GTypes on perl 5.8.x. View the source in the Gtk2-Perl git repo at: http://git.gnome.org/browse/perl-Glib-Object-Introspection/tag/?id=rel-0... or download the source release at:

Overview of changes in Glib 1.290 (unstable): Make Glib::Object subclassing more robust; Correctly handle utf8-encoded strings in GPerlArgv. IMPORTANT: This unstable release branch of Glib has been created to test changes in Glib::Object::* with changes to hash randomization that were introduced in Perl 5.17.6.

Overview of changes in Glib 1.253 (unstable): Add unit tests for the exportable constants; Export SOURCE_CONTINUE and SOURCE_REMOVE; Name an internal function appropriately; Create and register a GType for GConnectFlags. The latest stable release of Glib is 1.242.

Overview of changes in Glib 1.291 (unstable): Ensure timely destruction of initial wrapper of custom subclasses; Start changing module version numbers in all Glib Perl modules (Bugzilla #690464). View the source in the Gtk2-Perl git repo at http://git.gnome.org/browse/perl-Glib/tag/?id=rel-1-29-1 or download the source release at http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gtk2-perl/Glib-1.291.tar.gz

Changes in this release: Properly handle slashes in copyright footers passed to Glib::MakeHelper; Fix a test failure on s390.