[djcb]

Could you elaborate on the 'horrible design'? In general, I've found GLib very useful (say, the data structures, mainloops, GError, the G_GNUC_ stuff, ...) . If the biggest problem is some typedef that you can happily ignore, it can't be that bad, or?

GObject is a bit different matter - there's quite a bit of boilerplate, which makes me think twice before adding one. But at the same time, it's quite nice to use them in libraries like GStreamer.

GLib is certainly not perfect, but I found it more pleasant to use than, say, talloc. Are there any specific advantage is APR? (I've never used it) Does it cover the same functionality?