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I set out to "discover" what operations we actually need on the LocationQuery interface, in order to build a "coordinate resolver" on top. It seems like this set of operations is clear by now. It comes somewhat as a surprise that this API is so small. This became possible through the idea of a ''child iterator'' with the additional ability to delve down and expand one level of children of the current element. Such can be ''implemented'' by relying on techniques similar to the "Monads" from functional programming. Let's see if this was a good choice. The price to pay is a high level of ''formal precision'' when dealing with the abstraction barrier. We need to stick strictly to the notion of a ''logical path'' into a tree-like topology, and we need to be strong enough never to give in and indulge with "the concrete, tangible". The concrete reality of a tree processing algorithm with memory management plus backtracking is just to complex to be handled mentally. So either stick to the rules or get lost. |
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GUI backbone tests The tests in this subtree are a bit special: they cover the generic and backbone internals of the Lumiera GTK GUI. They are linked against the complete GUI-module (gui plugin), and thus may use all related ABIs. Yet these tests are *deliberately* compiled without any GTK, GTKmm or SigC includes. This effectively rules out the use, even indirectly, of any GTK widgets and APIs -- forcing the covered GUI backbone entities to stay clean and generic at API level. This is a decision done on purpose. The concrete GUI framework technology shall be treated as an implementation detail. There is no point in writing tests which click buttons in the GUI -- better delegate any significant logic or functionality to GUI agnostic components. GUI is meant to be a presentation layer and must not develop intelligence on its own.