[pygtk] Re: widget_push_composite_child

[Jeffrey Barish]

Jeffrey Barish wrote:

> I understand that I can add composite children to a widget by creating
> them between widget_push_composite_child and widget_pop_composite_child
> calls.
> 
> gtk.widget_push_composite_child()
> widget1 = gtk.Widget1()
> widget2 = gtk.Widget2()
> gtk.widget_pop_composite_child()
> widget1.set_parent(main_widget)
> widget2.set_parent(main_widget)
> 
> Aside from the difference between foreach and forall, is this code
> otherwise equivalent to
> 
> widget1 = gtk.Widget1()
> widget2 = gtk.Widget2()
> main_widget.add(widget1)
> main_widget.add(widget2)
> 
> I ask this question because I am trying to understand exactly what is
> meant by "composite children".

The documentation also uses the term "internal children".  Are they the same
as composite children?

Also, the Container class has a method get_children() which returns a list
of all non-internal children.  What is the method for obtaining a list of
internal children?
-- 
Jeffrey Barish