Gtk# annoyances

I've kept some notes as I learned Gtk# . In the next few postings I'll comment on what features have annoyed me and how I dealt with them.

Use of "out" parameters for varous methods.

Eg: The GetActiveIter of the ComboBox classes use an Out paramter instead of just returning the iter.

I'm annoyed by this because I don't want to have to instantiate a variable when I just need  the current iter for a moment.

I've heard the argument that by returning a bool indicating success or failure you can save some checking effort, but I think returning null on failure would be just as good.

Workaround:

Obviously, you just declare a variable to store the active iter.