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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | dbus/dbus-connection.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ 2006-10-27 Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com> + + * dbus/dbus-connection.c (dbus_connection_open_private): document + how to choose shared vs. private connections + +2006-10-27 Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com> * dbus/dbus-test.c: enclose more of the file in the DBUS_BUILD_TESTS check. diff --git a/dbus/dbus-connection.c b/dbus/dbus-connection.c index db625588..552ecfd8 100644 --- a/dbus/dbus-connection.c +++ b/dbus/dbus-connection.c @@ -2381,6 +2381,11 @@ _dbus_connection_block_pending_call (DBusPendingCall *pending) * Because this connection is shared, no user of the connection * may call dbus_connection_close(). However, when you are done with the * connection you should call dbus_connection_unref(). + * + * @note Prefer dbus_connection_open() to dbus_connection_open_private() + * unless you have good reason; connections are expensive enough + * that it's wasteful to create lots of connections to the same + * server. * * @param address the address. * @param error address where an error can be returned. @@ -2419,7 +2424,12 @@ dbus_connection_open (const char *address, * (The dbus_connection_close() can be skipped if the * connection is already known to be disconnected, for example * if you are inside a handler for the Disconnected signal.) - * + * + * @note Prefer dbus_connection_open() to dbus_connection_open_private() + * unless you have good reason; connections are expensive enough + * that it's wasteful to create lots of connections to the same + * server. + * * @param address the address. * @param error address where an error can be returned. * @returns new connection, or #NULL on failure. |