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authorMatthias Clasen <matthiasc@src.gnome.org>2006-05-02 15:42:18 +0000
committerMatthias Clasen <matthiasc@src.gnome.org>2006-05-02 15:42:18 +0000
commit4d0f3cf076dd18b17865ec912598facc619c40c7 (patch)
tree57c652d1c19ae1504668964ac15922b0ed8012c0 /docs
parenta7e1f29f034eb2f78aa923346ccb7b5c49424fbc (diff)
document a little pitfall
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diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index b24ee0ec1..bfb7f7e26 100644
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-05-02 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+ * gobject/tmpl/gtypemodule.sgml: Document a little
+ pitfall with the last unref for an object.
+
2006-04-27 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
* glib/tmpl/unicode.sgml: Mention that GLib 2.12 will
diff --git a/docs/reference/gobject/tmpl/gtypemodule.sgml b/docs/reference/gobject/tmpl/gtypemodule.sgml
index a240de14f..bd86f2dc3 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gobject/tmpl/gtypemodule.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gobject/tmpl/gtypemodule.sgml
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ g_type_module_add_interface(). As long as any instances of these
types and interface implementations are in use, the module is kept
loaded. When the types and interfaces are gone, the module may be
unloaded. If the types and interfaces become used again, the module
-will be reloaded.
+will be reloaded. Note that the last unref can not happen in module
+code, since that would lead to the caller's code being unloaded before
+g_object_unref() returns to it.
</para>
<para>
Keeping track of whether the module should be loaded or not is done by