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+;--- the widget-datatype ---
+
+;; the free-field in the record-type indicates whether the widget is alive or
+;; not. It's set by a XtNdestroyCallback (see callback.c)
+;; Is's neccessary to know if the XtWidged is still there or not.
+
+(define-record-type widget :widget
+  (really-make-widget free Xwidget)
+  widget?
+  (free get-free set-free!)
+  (Xwidget real-widget-Xwidget widget-set-Xwidget!))
+
+(define (widget-Xwidget widget)
+  (if (none-resource? widget)
+      0
+      (real-widget-Xwidget widget)))
+
+(define (make-widget XWidget)
+  (if (= 0 XWidget)
+      none-resource
+      (let ((maybe-widget (widget-list-find Xwidget)))
+	(if maybe-widget
+	    maybe-widget
+	    (let ((widget (really-make-widget #f Xwidget)))
+	      (add-finalizer! widget finalize-widget)
+	      (atom-list-set! Xwidget widget)
+	      widget)))))
+
+
+;; finalize-widget is called, when the garbage collector removes the last
+;; reference to the widget from the heap. Then we can savely close the 
+;; widget and remove the weak-pointer from our list.
+
+(define (finalize-widget widget)
+  (let ((Xwidget (widget-Xwidget widget)))
+    (widget-list-delete! Xwidget)))
+
+
+;; All widget records need to be saved in a weak-list, to have only one record
+;; for the same XLib widget
+
+(define *weak-widget-list* (make-integer-table))
+
+(define (atom-list-find Xwidget)
+  (let ((r (table-ref *weak-widget-list* Xwidget)))
+    (if r 
+	(weak-pointer-ref r)
+	r)))
+
+(define (widget-list-set! Xwidget widget)
+  (let ((p (make-weak-pointer widget)))
+    (table-set! *weak-widget-list* Xwidget p)))
+
+(define (widget-list-delete! Xwidget)
+  (table-set! *weak-widget-list* Xwidget #f))
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