Re: [Vala] Signal questions, Compilation problem

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 10:52 +0200, Jürg Billeter wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 07:34 +0200, Daniel Borgmann wrote:
> > >      Welcome to the vala development list.  Vala is very promising, but it's
> > > still incomplete, especially with respect to the language bindings.   I'm
> > > still discovering how to make bindings files because I'm trying to create
> > > bindings to parts of the C standard library that are not supported yet.  I
> > > would recommend you try your hand at adding the signals into the
> > > gtk-2.0.vala file in the vapi directory.  When you get them added, I'm sure
> > > Jurg wouldn't mind you sending him a patch file with the code you added, to
> > > assist him in developing the bindings.
> >
> > I've tried adding the signals to the interface but this had no effect.
> > Instead I had to add the signals to the actual Entry class. Patch
> > attached, but I don't think this is right.
>
> Support for interface signals hasn't been added to the compiler yet, I
> hope to get soon to fix it. Adding needed signals to the effective class
> can be used as a work-around but - as you assumed - it's not the right
> solution. The GTK+ bindings are generated by the way (experimental
> generator is also in SVN, in the vapigen directory), so I will have to
> fix the generator to also support interface signals.

Vala SVN now supports interface signals and the GTK+ bindings have been
updated to include them.

Jürg