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What are the three arguments to Gdk.threads_add_idle()?

Using python and the gi.repository module, I am trying to call Gdk.threads_add_idle, but I get the error message that three arguments are required. The documentation, however, only mentions two args.

You can try the function (on a linux only, i guess) by typing the following in a python interpreter:

from gi.repository import Gdk

Gdk.threads_add_idle(...)

Any ideas what the three args are?

Solution

  • By looking on a source code search engine, I was able to find a python project using that call.

    Gdk.threads_add_idle(GLib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE, self._idle_call, data)

    It looks like introspection data is wrong, the priority should already default to PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE (as specified in the the documentation you pointed out). You should file a bug on http://bugzilla.gnome.org.

    UPDATE:

    Pouria's bug report has been resolved NOTABUG, as this is a naming confusion between the C and Python API.