[GRASS5] GLib?

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 05:35:51PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 04:51:29PM +0200, Radim Blazek wrote:
> > (Was "Want GNU libavl ?" 6 monts ago
> > http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass5/2002-January/001704.html )
> > 
> > > > > The latest GLib is probably the closest I can think of.  It has hashes,
> > > > > trees, sets, etc...  The reason I went with libavl, is it is purportedly
> > > > > better optimised for the balanced trees, and it's simple to include the
> > > > > files you need (two in my case).
> > > > 
> > > > I see... but GLib is at the core of the GNOME programming environment...
> > > > is it possible to extract only the more general part without having to
> > > > carry also GNOME dependacies?
> > > > 
> > > GLIB can be used alone.  It is why they made it a separate lib.  
> > > -- 
> > > Robert Lagacé, professeur
> > 
> > Can we start to use GLib in grass51?
> 
> I'm sceptical.
> Why this library?

... of course it should be discussed which library (whatever) to
use to get the set of needed functions.

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Markus