Re: Errors using gtk.font_button in gtkada (gtk3)

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On 2019-02-12 00:04, Gavin McCord wrote:
> Strange one here, at least to me.
> 
> I'm running Slackware 14.2, using the XFCE 4.12
> desktop environment and GNAT 2018 (though I've
> encountered this problem with an older version
> of GNAT also).
> 
> I created a small program "test" to take input
> from a GEntry and insert it into a Text_View. It
> doesn't do much else, but works okay.
> 
> Since then I've added a Font_Button to allow the
> user to change the font within the Text_View.
> 
> I get an error though when I click on the font
> button for the first time:
> 
> "(test:2564): Gtk-CRITICAL **:
> gtk_tree_model_filter_real_unref_node: assertion
> 'elt->ref_count > 0' failed"

GTK deploys reference counting. It is a very tricky and difficult to 
understand. GTK widgets have so-called "floating" reference when 
created. A floating reference is converted into a normal reference when 
the widget is put into a container. It is done to spare one line of code 
needed to decrement the reference in the sequences like:

    Gtk_New (Child);
    Box.Pack_Start (Child);
  [ Unref (Child) ]

But all other objects are created with normal reference count 1 and need 
to be released using Unref when put somewhere.

You seem mess up with references.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de