# GLib Reference Manual

for GLib &version; The latest version of this documentation can be found on-line at https://developer.gnome.org/glib/unstable/.

## GLib Overview

GLib is a general-purpose utility library, which provides many useful data types, macros, type conversions, string utilities, file utilities, a mainloop abstraction, and so on. It works on many UNIX-like platforms, as well as Windows and OS X. GLib is released under the GNU Library General Public License (GNU LGPL).

## GLib Fundamentals

## GLib Core Application Support

## GLib Utilities

## GLib Data Types

## Deprecated APIs

## GLib Tools

## Index

## Index of deprecated symbols

## Index of new symbols in 2.2

## Index of new symbols in 2.4

## Index of new symbols in 2.6

## Index of new symbols in 2.8

## Index of new symbols in 2.10

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## Index of new symbols in 2.14

## Index of new symbols in 2.16

## Index of new symbols in 2.18

## Index of new symbols in 2.20

## Index of new symbols in 2.22

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## Index of new symbols in 2.28

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## Index of new symbols in 2.32

## Index of new symbols in 2.34

## Index of new symbols in 2.36

## Index of new symbols in 2.38

## Index of new symbols in 2.40

## Index of new symbols in 2.42

## Index of new symbols in 2.44

## Index of new symbols in 2.46

## Index of new symbols in 2.48