Annotation Glossary: Gtef 1 Reference Manual

# Annotation Glossary

### A

allow-none

  NULL is OK, both for passing and for returning.

### C

closure

  This parameter is a 'user_data', for callbacks; many bindings can pass NULL here.

### N

nullable

  NULL may be passed as the value in, out, in-out; or as a return value.

### O

out

  Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full.

### S

scope async

  The callback is valid until first called.

scope notified

  The callback is valid until the GDestroyNotify argument is called.

### T

transfer floating

  Alias for transfer none, used for objects with floating refs.

transfer full

  Free data after the code is done.

transfer none

  Don't free data after the code is done.