error: Return value transfers ownership but method return type hasn't been declared to transfer ownership

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The following code:

public string add_button_tooltip_markup {
    get { return add_button.get_tooltip_markup (); }
    set { add_button.tooltip_markup = value; }
}

Gives me the following error:

error: Return value transfers ownership but method return type hasn't been declared to transfer ownership
        get { return add_button.get_tooltip_markup (); }

I'm using Vala 0.40.10.

What's the best way to solve this in Vala?

vala
1 Answers

Mark the getter as owned, as follows:

public string add_button_tooltip_markup {
    owned get { return add_button.get_tooltip_markup (); }
    set { add_button.tooltip_markup = value; }
}

See the following page for more detail: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/ReferenceHandling

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