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post	Registering an enum type in GLib’s type system	2013-01-06 02:34:03	c development glib	/blog/2013/1/6/registering-an-enum-type-in-glib-s-type-system	true	name email Gergely Polonkai gergely@polonkai.eu

I faced a problem in my GLib self-teaching project, wMUD today. I wanted to register a signal for a GObject, whose handler should accept two enum parameters for which I had to register a new GEnum type in the GObject type system. However, the documentation on this feature (thanks for pointing out goes to hashem on #gnome-hackers) is not… uhm… obvious. Making the long story short, I have checked with the GIO sources for an example, and using that, I have created this small, working chunk:

{% gist gergelypolonkai/47794b6fb94484f8160b client-state.h %}

{% gist gergelypolonkai/47794b6fb94484f8160b client-state.c %}

Still, it can be made more perfect by using the glib-mkenums tool. I will read through the GLib Makefiles tomorrow for some hints on this.

Edit: you can find the glib-mkenums solution [here]({% post_url 2014-08-16-registering-an-enum-type-in-glib-glib-mkenums-magic %}).