Re: [Vala] Usage of Static classes

["Phil Housley" <undeconstructed gmail com>]

Static classes are deprecated in new Vala versions, instead you can
use nested namespaces to achieve the same thing.

2008/6/2 Sudharshan S <sudharsh gmail com>:
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> Hi all,
> First of all I am new to the OOP way of thinking and pretty new to vala.
> So please bear with me as I am still learning things.
> To best of my knowledge static classes are non instantiable and sealed.
>
> But using the 'static' keyword during the class definition barfs when
> compiling.
>
> For example,
>
> public static Foo: GLib.Object {
>        ..
>        ..
>
>
> generates,
>
> typedef struct (null) FooClass;
> typedef struct (null) FooPrivate;
>
> in say foo.h.
>
> Shouldn't the above lines be absent? or should FooClass be typedef'ed to
> NULL instead of (null). If so, isn't it a trivial bug in the code generator?
>
> Or did I miss the train and should I assume that defining all the
> methods "static" automatically gives me a static class?
> I actually happened to follow the above assumption.
>
> If it matters, I am using the latest svn checkout
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Sudharshan S
> Blog : http://www.sudharsh.wordpress.com
> IRC  : Sup3rkiddo @ freenode, gimpnet
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Phil Housley