GLib Fundamentals
Version Information
— variables and functions to check the GLib version
Basic Types
— standard GLib types, defined for ease-of-use and portability
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
