Glossaries

Annotation Glossary

Annotation Glossary

A

allow-none

NULL is OK, both for passing and for returning.

array

Parameter points to an array of items.

C

closure

This parameter is a 'user_data', for callbacks; many bindings can pass NULL here.

E

element-type

Generics and defining elements of containers and arrays.

S

scope async

The callback is valid until first called.

skip

Exposed in C code, not necessarily available in other languages.

T

transfer container

The caller owns the data container, but not the data inside it.

transfer full

The caller owns the data, and is responsible for free it.

transfer none

The data is owned by the callee, which is responsible of freeing it.

type

Override the parsed C type with given type.