GLib Reference Manual
GLib Fundamentals
Version Information
- Variables and functions to check the GLib version
Basic Types
- standard GLib types, defined for ease-of-use and portability
Limits of Basic Types
- portable method of determining the limits of the standard types
Standard Macros
- commonly-used macros.
Type Conversion Macros
- portably storing integers in pointer variables
Byte Order Macros
- a portable way to convert between different byte orders
Numerical Definitions
- mathematical constants, and floating point decomposition
Miscellaneous Macros
- specialized macros which are not used often
Atomic Operations
- basic atomic integer and pointer operations